ZIP 52656 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Lee County, Iowa's ZIP 52656 registers 10/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (63/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 20/100 against active distress of 1/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, at 21/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

87% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $189,900 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. There are about 948 housing units across 52656. Median household income is $80,083, near the U.S. median near $78,000. About 2,099 people live here, median age 49. The poverty rate is 7.4% — low. Vacancy runs 6.4%. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Broadly, 52656 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 52656 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 10/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Lee County, Iowa and the nation. Sparse data for 52656 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

52656's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 52656 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.