ZIP 52251 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 52251 (Iowa County, Iowa) lands at 18/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The split runs 40/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (27/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (11/100).

The peak-phase market in 52251 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

6.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Households earn a median $87,534 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The typical home is worth about $120,300 (1.4× income, relatively affordable). About 581 people live here, median age 37. Educational attainment sits at 5% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 239 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 18/100. 93% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 11.9% — elevated.

On balance, 52251 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. While 52251 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 52251 runs hot or quiet, its 18/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 52251 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Iowa County, Iowa or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 52251 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Each component behind 52251 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 18/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 52251 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.