Brown County, SD: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Brown County, South Dakota is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. The county's ZIP scores run from 6 up to 22/100. Lender pressure in Brown County registers 35/100 — a contained bank-stress headwind. The county spans 20 scored ZIP codes, averaging 18/100 composite distress.

Currently peak, Brown County saw prices rise 1.7% year over year (phase confidence 20/100). At this stage of the cycle, the opportunity narrows so screen ZIP by ZIP.

With Brown County flat at +1.7% YoY (20/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers well beyond the county average. Lender stress at 35/100 (contained) favors owner-driven distress more than bank stock.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Brown County are 57401 (22/100), 57426 (22/100), 57427 (22/100), 57433 (22/100), 57439 (22/100), 57441 (22/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Coverage extends to 57445, 57446, 57449, 57479, 57432, 57474, 57460, 57481, 57434, 57422 among others.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Brown County report a 21% vacancy rate, a median household income near $71,718 (near the US norm), typical home values near $194,985, residents with a median age around 45.2, 85% owner-occupancy, 6.7% of households below the poverty line. Numbers like these drive who is forced to sell and how readily the market absorbs it.

Brown County, South Dakota's 18/100 average over 20 ZIPs says Brown County is a screen-by-ZIP market and not a county-wide play. A DLRadar subscription opens every Brown County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

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

In Brown County, South Dakota, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. What supports the Brown County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

Drilling in, Brown County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 57401 (22/100), 57426 (22/100), 57427 (22/100), 57433 (22/100), 57439 (22/100), 57441 (22/100). DLRadar also scores 57445, 57446, 57449, 57479, 57432, 57474, 57460, 57481 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

Under Brown 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.