ZIP 52586 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Mahaska County, Iowa, ZIP 52586 scores 11 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (24/100), mortgage stress (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 24/100 structural and 1/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 52586 posted values that rose 2.7% over the year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 3.4%. The ZIP holds roughly 263 housing units. Home values center near $104,500, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%. The poverty rate is 5.7% — low. Households earn a median $56,250 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 558 with a median age of 55. Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 19/100. Around 13% of renters are cost-burdened.

Overall, 52586 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 52586 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 52586 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 11/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 52586 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 52586'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. In workflow terms, 52586 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.