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

Nelson County, ND, North Dakota: 10 ZIP codes scored, Nelson County, ND averaging 6/100 (minimal, Nelson, ND), from 5 to 13. Nelson County, ND is in its peak phase (Nelson, ND confidence 44/100): Nelson, ND home prices up 4.2% (Nelson, ND) over twelve months. Nelson County, ND lender headwind: 56/100.

Highest-scoring Nelson County, ND ZIPs: 58266 (13/100), 58212 (7/100), 58224 (5/100), 58254 (5/100), 58259 (5/100), 58272 (5/100). Also scored in Nelson County, ND: 58321, 58344, 58361, 58380.

Across Nelson County, ND's scored ZIPs: median home value $162,157, household income $79,294, 27.2% vacancy, 5.8% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 48.2.

Nelson County, ND insurance distress 21/100 (#2,232 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Nelson, ND; 2 federal disaster declarations in Nelson County, ND since 2023; Nelson, ND construction distress 1/100.

3 banks with 6 branches lend in Nelson County, ND; Nelson, ND weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 71/100 in Nelson, ND.

Nelson County, ND unemployment 1.8% (Nelson, ND -1.0 pts, six months); 7 new housing units permitted in Nelson County, ND over twelve months, Nelson, ND up 250% from 2.

1,783 housing units in Nelson County, ND; 299 Nelson, ND renter households; 17% of Nelson, ND renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 11% (Nelson, ND) half or more.

Nelson County, ND ranks #2,279 nationally on the opportunity index (Nelson, ND, among all ranked counties); Nelson, ND scores 26.8/100 and Nelson, ND sits #37 inside North Dakota. Nelson, ND is in the weak opportunity phase; Nelson, ND's primary driver is vacancy, Nelson, ND second driver bank institutional; Nelson, ND moved down 1,116 places. 2 short-sale listings across Nelson, ND; 12 days on market observed in Nelson, ND; 26.8% vacancy over 10 Nelson, ND ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Nelson County, ND. The state reading for Nelson, ND: 0.6% ninety-plus days late; Nelson, ND's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.3% (Nelson, ND, December 2025 data).

Nelson County, ND has 3 watched banks; 3 Nelson, ND banks sit in an elevated band. Nelson, ND footprints: First United Bank (3 branches, stress 56) in Nelson, ND; Farmers&Merchants Bank Of Nd (2 branches, stress 71) in Nelson, ND; State Bank Of Lakota (1 branch, stress 70) in Nelson, ND.

445 of the 1,783 housing units in Nelson, ND sit vacant. Nelson County, ND permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Nelson, ND's one-to-four unit structures added 7 units in Nelson County, ND.