ZIP 52342 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Tama County, Iowa's ZIP 52342 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100). Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 52342 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 40% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 1,351 housing units across 52342. The poverty rate is 18.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $142,700 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). 70% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $62,344, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 2,898 with a median age of 46. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 13.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100.

On the whole, 52342 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.