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

Buffalo County, SD, South Dakota: 0 ZIP codes scored, from 9 to 19. Buffalo County, SD is in its peak phase (Buffalo, SD confidence 28/100): Buffalo, SD home prices up 2.2% (Buffalo, SD) over twelve months. Buffalo County, SD lender headwind: 100/100.

Highest-scoring Buffalo County, SD ZIPs: 57355 (19/100), 57370 (19/100), 57325 (18/100), 57341 (15/100), 57362 (12/100), 57339 (9/100).

Buffalo County, SD insurance distress 32/100 (#1,548 in the US); FEMA hazard 63/100 for Buffalo, SD; 4 federal disaster declarations in Buffalo County, SD since 2023 (2 flood); Buffalo, SD construction distress 34/100.

Buffalo County, SD unemployment 5.7% (Buffalo, SD +1.5 pts, six months).

578 housing units in Buffalo County, SD; 235 Buffalo, SD renter households; 26% of Buffalo, SD renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Buffalo, SD) half or more.

Buffalo County, SD ranks #2,368 nationally on the opportunity index (Buffalo, SD, among all ranked counties); Buffalo, SD scores 26.4/100 and Buffalo, SD sits #47 inside South Dakota. Buffalo, SD is in the weak opportunity phase; Buffalo, SD's primary driver is vacancy, Buffalo, SD second driver construction; Buffalo, SD moved up 567 places. 2 short-sale listings across Buffalo, SD; 9 days on market observed in Buffalo, SD; 15.1% vacancy over 6 Buffalo, SD ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Buffalo County, SD. The state reading for Buffalo, SD: 0.6% ninety-plus days late; Buffalo, SD's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.0% (Buffalo, SD, December 2025 data).

70 of the 578 housing units in Buffalo, SD sit vacant.