ZIP 52501 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 52501 in Wapello County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (31/100), construction/permit lag (21/100), institutional ownership (8/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (8/100) and mortgage stress (5/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (66/100). Structural risk reads 31/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $59,091 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 17.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The typical home is worth about $122,700 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 13,570 housing units across 52501. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 11.0%. Owners hold 65% of homes, renters 35%. About 30,341 people live here, median age 39.

Overall, 52501 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 52501 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 52501's 14/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Wapello County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 52501 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

52501's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 52501 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.