ZIP 52249 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 52249 in Benton County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 49/100 against active distress of 2/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (85/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100)).

The neutral-phase market in 52249 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, and 46% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Vacancy runs 4.0%. At $77,500, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,106 with a median age of 41. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $163,200 (2.0× income, relatively affordable). There are about 421 housing units across 52249. The poverty rate is 7.9%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100.

On balance 52249 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.