ZIP 52404 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 52404 (Linn County, Iowa) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (49/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). The latent-versus-live split is 55/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $62,304 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 52404 scores 27/100. Roughly 12.5% live below the poverty line. About 23% have a four-year degree. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $168,600 here, or 2.6 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 20,169 housing units. About 42,582 people live here, median age 34. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. The vacancy rate is 9.8%.

Net-net, 52404 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.