ZIP 52637 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Des Moines County, Iowa, ZIP 52637 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (47/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100)). On the structural side it scores 60/100, with 5/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. On demographic stress specifically, 52637 scores 26/100. Around 45% of renters are cost-burdened. At $77,354, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 1,142 housing units across 52637. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A median home runs $194,500 here, or 2.4 times local income. The vacancy rate is 7.2%. Population is roughly 3,054 with a median age of 37.

Overall, 52637 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 52637 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 52637 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 26/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Des Moines County, Iowa and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 52637, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 26/100 figure for 52637 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For a buyer, 52637 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.