ZIP 52601 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 52601 (Des Moines County, Iowa) at a low 21/100 for overall property distress. Structural risk reads 46/100 against active distress of 5/100. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (47/100), structural risk (46/100), mortgage stress (18/100). mortgage stress (18/100) and construction/permit lag (1/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 18% 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 $124,200, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. Vacancy runs 9.2%. 27,465 residents call 52601 home, typically aged 43. Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. There are about 13,976 housing units across 52601. Median household income is $57,123, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. 14.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 52601 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.