ZIP 05251 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 05251 (Bennington County, Vermont) at a low 21/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (48/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (40/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 46/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.8% over the trailing year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 44/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 15.6% live below the poverty line. 1,395 residents call 05251 home, typically aged 48. The ZIP holds roughly 1,177 housing units. Households earn a median $102,216 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 95% owner-occupied to 5% rented. A median home runs $567,900 here, or 4.5 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 05251 scores 34/100. About 70% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 51.9% — elevated.

Taken together, 05251 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.