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

Lawrence County, SD, South Dakota: 9 ZIP codes scored, Lawrence County, SD averaging 10/100 (minimal, Lawrence, SD), from 4 to 17. Lawrence County, SD is in its peak phase (Lawrence, SD confidence 20/100): Lawrence, SD home prices up 1.7% (Lawrence, SD) over twelve months. Lawrence County, SD lender headwind: 37/100.

Highest-scoring Lawrence County, SD ZIPs: 57785 (17/100), 57732 (12/100), 57793 (12/100), 57754 (9/100), 57759 (9/100), 57779 (9/100). Also scored in Lawrence County, SD: 57783, 57799, 57717.

Across Lawrence County, SD's scored ZIPs: median home value $322,463, household income $64,803, 21.7% vacancy, 12.0% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 45.8.

Lawrence County, SD insurance distress 0/100 (#3,041 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Lawrence, SD; Lawrence, SD construction distress 20/100.

8 banks with 12 branches lend in Lawrence County, SD; Lawrence, SD weighted bank stress 57/100, highest 83/100 in Lawrence, SD.

Lawrence County, SD unemployment 1.9% (Lawrence, SD -0.4 pts, six months); 334 new housing units permitted in Lawrence County, SD over twelve months, Lawrence, SD up 35% from 247; Lawrence, SD home prices +11.8% a year (Lawrence, SD) over three years.

14,840 housing units in Lawrence County, SD; 4,267 Lawrence, SD renter households; 35% of Lawrence, SD renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Lawrence, SD) half or more.

Lawrence County, SD ranks #2,133 nationally on the opportunity index (Lawrence, SD, among all ranked counties); Lawrence, SD scores 27.2/100 and Lawrence, SD sits #42 inside South Dakota. Lawrence, SD is in the weak opportunity phase; Lawrence, SD's primary driver is vacancy, Lawrence, SD second driver bank institutional; Lawrence, SD moved up 541 places. 76 short-sale listings across Lawrence, SD; 42 days on market observed in Lawrence, SD; 15.3% vacancy over 9 Lawrence, SD ZIPs.

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

Lawrence County, SD has 5 watched banks; 5 Lawrence, SD banks sit in an elevated band. Lawrence, SD footprints: Pioneer Bank&Trust (2 branches, stress 59) in Lawrence, SD; Bankwest Inc (1 branch, stress 83) in Lawrence, SD; Wells Fargo Bank Na (1 branch, stress 67) in Lawrence, SD.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Lawrence County, SD with 48 units; 48 Lawrence, SD units are assisted, 2 Lawrence, SD properties under project-based Section 8.

2,786 of the 14,840 housing units in Lawrence, SD sit vacant. Lawrence County, SD permitted 118 multifamily units in twelve months; Lawrence, SD's one-to-four unit structures added 216 units in Lawrence County, SD.