ZIP 52581 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Appanoose County, Iowa's ZIP 52581 registers 6/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. On the structural side it scores 12/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (12/100), mortgage stress (5/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 69% owner-occupied to 31% rented. Around 9% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 7.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. On demographic stress specifically, 52581 scores 25/100. The ZIP holds roughly 84 housing units. About 13% have a four-year degree. About 229 people live here, median age 51. The vacancy rate is 15.3% — elevated. Households earn a median $53,631 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $154,900 here, or 3.0 times local income.

Net-net, 52581 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.