Dawson County, NE: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Dawson County, NE, Nebraska: 12 ZIP codes scored, Dawson County, NE averaging 19/100 (low, Dawson, NE), from 6 to 27. Dawson County, NE is in its peak phase (Dawson, NE confidence 18/100): Dawson, NE home prices up 3.1% (Dawson, NE) over twelve months. Dawson County, NE lender headwind: 41/100.

Highest-scoring Dawson County, NE ZIPs: 69171 (27/100), 68850 (26/100), 68863 (26/100), 69130 (26/100), 68878 (25/100), 68834 (23/100). Also scored in Dawson County, NE: 68836, 69028, 69138, 68937, 69029, 68860.

Across Dawson County, NE's scored ZIPs: median home value $160,627, household income $69,768, 14.7% vacancy, 8.1% poverty, 73% owner-occupied, median age 42.5.

Dawson County, NE insurance distress 32/100 (#1,538 in the US); FEMA hazard 63/100 for Dawson, NE; 4 federal disaster declarations in Dawson County, NE since 2023; Dawson, NE construction distress 89/100.

11 banks with 16 branches lend in Dawson County, NE; Dawson, NE weighted bank stress 59/100, highest 77/100 in Dawson, NE.

Dawson County, NE unemployment 16.4% (Dawson, NE -0.5 pts, six months); 32 new housing units permitted in Dawson County, NE over twelve months, Dawson, NE down 57% from 75; Dawson, NE home prices +9.9% a year (Dawson, NE) over three years.

9,958 housing units in Dawson County, NE; 3,174 Dawson, NE renter households; 32% of Dawson, NE renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 19% (Dawson, NE) half or more.

Dawson County, NE ranks #1,071 nationally on the opportunity index (Dawson, NE, among all ranked counties); Dawson, NE scores 30.9/100 and Dawson, NE sits #16 inside Nebraska. Dawson, NE is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Dawson, NE's primary driver is construction, Dawson, NE second driver bank institutional; Dawson, NE moved up 235 places. 6 short-sale listings across Dawson, NE; 123 days on market observed in Dawson, NE; 7.6% vacancy over 12 Dawson, NE ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Dawson County, NE. The non-metro area reading for Dawson, NE: 0.8% ninety-plus days late; Dawson, NE's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.1% (Dawson, NE, December 2025 data); Nebraska overall 0.6%.

Dawson County, NE has 10 watched banks; 10 Dawson, NE banks sit in an elevated band. Dawson, NE footprints: Security First Bank (2 branches, stress 77) in Dawson, NE; Dayspring Bank (2 branches, stress 69) in Dawson, NE; Pinnacle Bank (2 branches, stress 62) in Dawson, NE.

HUD lists 4 assisted multifamily properties in Dawson County, NE with 50 units; 50 Dawson, NE units are assisted.

813 of the 9,958 housing units in Dawson, NE sit vacant. Dawson County, NE permitted 6 multifamily units in twelve months; Dawson, NE's one-to-four unit structures added 26 units in Dawson County, NE.