Wells County, ND: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Wells County, ND, North Dakota: 12 ZIP codes scored, Wells County, ND averaging 9/100 (minimal, Wells, ND), from 5 to 16. Wells County, ND is in its peak phase (Wells, ND confidence 44/100): Wells, ND home prices up 4.2% (Wells, ND) over twelve months. Wells County, ND lender headwind: 49/100.
Highest-scoring Wells County, ND ZIPs: 58421 (16/100), 58348 (13/100), 58374 (13/100), 58758 (11/100), 58486 (8/100), 58356 (6/100). Also scored in Wells County, ND: 58418, 58422, 58423, 58438, 58451, 58341.
Across Wells County, ND's scored ZIPs: median home value $125,608, household income $70,263, 20.9% vacancy, 9.5% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 44.4.
Wells County, ND insurance distress 21/100 (#2,237 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Wells, ND; 2 federal disaster declarations in Wells County, ND since 2023; Wells, ND construction distress 6/100.
4 banks with 5 branches lend in Wells County, ND; Wells, ND weighted bank stress 66/100, highest 76/100 in Wells, ND.
Wells County, ND unemployment 2.4% (Wells, ND -1.4 pts, six months); 1 new housing units permitted in Wells County, ND over twelve months.
2,209 housing units in Wells County, ND; 479 Wells, ND renter households; 36% of Wells, ND renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 8% (Wells, ND) half or more.
Wells County, ND ranks #1,833 nationally on the opportunity index (Wells, ND, among all ranked counties); Wells, ND scores 28.3/100 and Wells, ND sits #26 inside North Dakota. Wells, ND is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Wells, ND's primary driver is vacancy, Wells, ND second driver bank institutional; Wells, ND moved down 182 places. 1 short-sale listings across Wells, ND; 44 days on market observed in Wells, ND; 17.6% vacancy over 12 Wells, ND ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Wells County, ND. The state reading for Wells, ND: 0.6% ninety-plus days late; Wells, ND's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.3% (Wells, ND, December 2025 data).
Wells County, ND has 4 watched banks; 4 Wells, ND banks sit in an elevated band. Wells, ND footprints: First International B&T (2 branches, stress 72) in Wells, ND; First State Bank Of Harvey (1 branch, stress 76) in Wells, ND; Bank Forward (1 branch, stress 54) in Wells, ND.
HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Wells County, ND with 28 units; 28 Wells, ND units are assisted, 1 Wells, ND properties under project-based Section 8.
422 of the 2,209 housing units in Wells, ND sit vacant. Wells County, ND permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Wells, ND's one-to-four unit structures added 1 units in Wells County, ND.