ZIP 52548 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 52548 (Wapello County, Iowa) at a minimal 14/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (66/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (33/100), structural risk (31/100), mortgage stress (5/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (5/100) register low. The split runs 31/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year, at 21/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 0.0%. The typical home is worth about $85,000 (1.2× income, relatively affordable). 0.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The ZIP holds roughly 37 housing units. About 14% have a four-year degree. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 50 with a median age of 55. Median household income is $68,750, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 52548 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 52548's 14/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Wapello County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 52548, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 52548's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. The point of the 52548 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.