ZIP 52601 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Des Moines County, Iowa, ZIP 52601 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Structurally it carries 56/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (39/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (39/100) and mortgage stress (18/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $124,200 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 9.2%. 27,465 residents call 52601 home, typically aged 43. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. There are about 13,976 housing units across 52601. At $57,123, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. Roughly 14.8% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 52601 scores 28/100. Around 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On balance 52601 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 52601 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The 52601 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 52601 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Des Moines County, Iowa. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 52601, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 52601'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. For a buyer, 52601 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.