Hettinger County, ND: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Hettinger County, North Dakota is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. There are 5 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 10/100). Lender pressure in Hettinger County registers 28/100 — a contained bank-stress headwind. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 5 to 12 out of 100.

Currently peak, Hettinger County saw prices rise 4.2% year over year, at 44/100 phase confidence. This late in the run, distress turns selective leaving the wins in individual deals.

Near the cycle top at +4.2% YoY (44/100 confidence), opportunity is parcel-specific — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A steady 28/100 bank reading points the search to tax delinquency, probate and liens.

Leading Hettinger County on distress: 58650 (12/100), 58646 (11/100), 58649 (11/100), 58647 (10/100), 58562 (5/100).

On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Hettinger County come in at a median age of 46.8, household income averaging about $64,932, below the national median, typical home values near $118,120, poverty running near 11%, an owner-occupied share of 83%, vacancy near 27.1%. Income, equity and tenure like these signal who is forced to sell and how readily the market absorbs it.

Net of it all, 10/100 over 5 ZIPs means distress here is parcel-specific rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Hettinger County parcel: owner, address and APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

Because Hettinger County, North Dakota is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Hettinger County against neighboring markets or the rest of North Dakota on equal footing.

Hettinger County, North Dakota is best worked from the top of the score down; blanket outreach across Hettinger County dilutes effort that the ZIP-level numbers would have focused. What supports the Hettinger County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

The ZIP breakdown for Hettinger County leads with 58650 (12/100), 58646 (11/100), 58649 (11/100), 58647 (10/100), 58562 (5/100). Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

Under Hettinger County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.