ZIP 52223 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Delaware County, Iowa's ZIP 52223 registers 18/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 42 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are structural risk (42/100), construction/permit lag (36/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 18.5% — elevated. Households earn a median $83,026 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. 1,170 residents call 52223 home, typically aged 58. 85% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 659 housing units across 52223. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. A median home runs $204,000 here, or 2.4 times local income. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100.

On the whole, 52223 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 52223 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 52223 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 18/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 52223, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Each component behind 52223 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 18/100 roll-up. The point of the 52223 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.