ZIP 05260 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 05260 (Bennington County, Vermont) returns a low composite of 24/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). Latent structural risk is 53/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (40/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.4% over the trailing year, at 29/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

On demographic stress specifically, 05260 scores 20/100. Vacancy runs 20.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Population is roughly 416 with a median age of 61. There are about 177 housing units across 05260. The typical home is worth about $228,300 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). 0.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 60% bachelor's-or-above. Households earn a median $62,222 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 100% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 05260 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 05260 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 05260 runs hot or quiet, its 24/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 05260 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Bennington County, Vermont or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 05260 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 24/100 for 05260 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 05260 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.