ZIP 52577 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Mahaska County, Iowa's ZIP 52577 registers 5/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (11/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 11 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $163,300, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. There are about 6,408 housing units across 52577. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. 14,336 residents call 52577 home, typically aged 39. Vacancy runs 8.5%. 14.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $65,589, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 66% of homes, renters 34%. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 52577 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.