ZIP 52542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Van Buren County, Iowa, ZIP 52542 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (5/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural risk reads 32/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.1% year on year, at 27/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. A median home runs $100,000 here, or 1.7 times local income. Households earn a median $64,583 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 14.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 529 people live here, median age 44. Rent burden reaches 72% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 52542 scores 29/100. There are about 264 housing units across 52542. About 15% have a four-year degree. Roughly 6.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

Net-net, 52542 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.