ZIP 55060 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Steele County, Minnesota's ZIP 55060 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (51/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). Structural risk reads 54/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 55060 posted values that rose 3.3% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $251,100 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). 78% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 29,601 with a median age of 40. Around 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 12,732 housing units across 55060. Vacancy runs 4.8%. At $83,848, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 7.9%. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100.

Broadly, 55060 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.