ZIP 05261 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 05261 (Bennington County, Vermont) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). 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. The split runs 53/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.4% over the trailing year, at 29/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Population is roughly 2,200 with a median age of 45. The ZIP holds roughly 1,035 housing units. Owners hold 92% of homes, renters 8%. Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $260,000 here, or 3.6 times local income. Around 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. At $63,724, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 13.6% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100.

Net-net, 05261 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 05261 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Whether 05261 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 05261 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Bennington County, Vermont or nationwide. Sparse data for 05261 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

05261's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 05261 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.