ZIP 52638 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Des Moines County, Iowa · High Vacancy market
Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 52638 (Des Moines County, Iowa) returns a low composite of 25/100. The split runs 57/100 structural to 5/100 active on the ground. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (42/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, at 21/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
About 427 people live here, median age 39. The typical home is worth about $155,500 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $63,125, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 262 housing units. The poverty rate is 11.3%. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 22.3% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 52638 scores 30/100.
Net-net, 52638 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 52638 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
No ZIP is too small to score: 52638 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 25/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 52638 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 25/100 for 52638 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 52638 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 52638
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
Snapshot: 52638 by the numbers
Live ZIP-level distress, market-phase, housing and bank-pressure read — the same report attached to every property.
More ZIPs across Des Moines County
Nearest ZIP codes to 52638
By straight-line distance between ZIP centers — the surrounding market, whichever county or state line it crosses.
Explore related distress reports
Keep going: ZIP, county and state distress coverage for Des Moines County, Iowa.
The complete 52638 distress and acquisition report
Open 52638 parcel by parcel: owner, address, APN, individual distress score, lender exposure, exit-velocity estimate, and owner and lender records in a single click. Updated continuously across the country.
Rules-based scoring — each signal ties to a public dataset · methodology