ZIP 52227 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Linn County, Iowa, ZIP 52227 scores 24 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 2/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (48/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 16% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 2,864 people live here, median age 38. Vacancy runs 1.0%. There are about 1,136 housing units across 52227. About 36% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $341,900 here, or 2.7 times local income. Households earn a median $111,000 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 52227 scores 21/100. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. Roughly 2.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

Overall 52227 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.