ZIP 52544 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 52544 (Appanoose County, Iowa) at a low 16/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (95/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (5/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 36 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Owners hold 64% of homes, renters 36%. Roughly 24.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The typical home is worth about $116,900 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Population is roughly 8,110 with a median age of 46. The vacancy rate is 17.9% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 52544 scores 32/100. Households earn a median $45,257 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 4,009 housing units across 52544. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On the whole, 52544 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 52544 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 52544 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 16/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 52544 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Appanoose County, Iowa. Sparse data for 52544 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 16/100 figure for 52544 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 52544 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.