ZIP 52215 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 52215 (Tama County, Iowa) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 46/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (42/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (17/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Roughly 16.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The ZIP holds roughly 440 housing units. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $166,800 here, or 2.1 times local income. Households earn a median $56,311 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 98% owner-occupied to 2% rented. About 10% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 17.1% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 52215 scores 27/100. About 819 people live here, median age 37.

Net-net, 52215 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.