ZIP 52639 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 52639 in Lee County, Iowa comes in at 10, a minimal composite-distress reading. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (64/100). On the structural side it scores 20/100, with 1/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year (phase confidence 21/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. 8.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. At $61,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Educational attainment sits at 10% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 6.5%. The ZIP holds roughly 797 housing units. Population is roughly 1,626 with a median age of 57. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Home values center near $163,800, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. 93% of housing is owner-occupied.

Overall, 52639 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 52639 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 52639 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 10/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 52639 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Lee County, Iowa. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 52639, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

52639's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 52639 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.