ZIP 52214 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Linn County, Iowa · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 52214 in Linn County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Latent structural risk is 56/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (67/100), structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100).
The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.9% year on year, and 32% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.
About 2,770 people live here, median age 45. The vacancy rate is 15.1% — elevated. Roughly 11.1% live below the poverty line. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. There are about 1,279 housing units across 52214. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Home values center near $234,600, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Median household income is $83,450, near the U.S. median near $78,000.
Net-net, 52214 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 52214 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
The 52214 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 52214 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Linn County, Iowa. Where the record is thin for 52214, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.
The 25/100 for 52214 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 52214 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
ZIP 52214 distress signals, scored
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 52214 distress snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 52214, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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