ZIP 05257 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 05257 (Bennington County, Vermont) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (48/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (40/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 46/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. 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 33% higher over three years (phase confidence 44/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 55% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $307,500 here, or 3.2 times local income. The vacancy rate is 24.0% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 05257 scores 30/100. Households earn a median $92,212 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 49% have a four-year degree. Roughly 7.5% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. 2,891 residents call 05257 home, typically aged 37. The ZIP holds roughly 1,123 housing units.

Taken together, 05257 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.