ZIP 52544 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 52544 (Appanoose County, Iowa) lands at 6/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (12/100), mortgage stress (5/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 12 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Owners hold 64% of homes, renters 36%. 24.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $116,900, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. 8,110 residents call 52544 home, typically aged 46. Vacancy runs 17.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Median household income is $45,257, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 4,009 housing units across 52544. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 52544 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.