ZIP 52531 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Monroe County, Iowa's ZIP 52531 registers 5/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (13/100), construction/permit lag (12/100), structural risk (11/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (11/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Structural risk reads 11/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 52531 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 4% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

82% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 2,780 housing units across 52531. Population is roughly 5,885 with a median age of 42. The poverty rate is 8.8%. The typical home is worth about $162,100 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $74,081, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

On the whole, 52531 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.