ZIP 52588 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 52588 in Van Buren County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 7/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (15/100), structural risk (15/100), institutional ownership (3/100). structural risk (15/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 15/100 while live distress already moving reads 0/100.

The peak-phase market in 52588 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 83 with a median age of 73. Roughly 85.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 33.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The ZIP holds roughly 100 housing units. Median household income is $13,798, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 100% of homes, renters 0%. Around 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. On demographic stress specifically, 52588 scores 50/100.

Taken together, 52588 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 52588 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 52588 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 7/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Van Buren County, Iowa and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 52588, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 52588'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, 52588 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.