ZIP 55602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In St. Louis County, Minnesota, ZIP 55602 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (85/100), structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (60/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.9% year on year, 1.7% off the recent peak, at 44/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $56,667 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 63.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 8.7% live below the poverty line. About 39% have a four-year degree. There are about 435 housing units across 55602. On demographic stress specifically, 55602 scores 31/100. The tenure split is 98% owner-occupied to 2% rented. A median home runs $247,600 here, or 3.9 times local income. About 310 people live here, median age 62.

Net-net, 55602 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.