ZIP 52217 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 52217 in Tama County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (45/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). The latent-versus-live split is 55/100 structural and 5/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year (phase confidence 28/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The vacancy rate is 17.6% — elevated. 17.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $92,100, an affordability ratio of 1.1× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 252 housing units. Median household income is $79,583, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 84% of homes, renters 16%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Around 86% of renters are cost-burdened. 551 residents call 52217 home, typically aged 35.

Taken together, 52217 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.