ZIP 55603 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 55603 (Lake County, Minnesota) at a low 18/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (35/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (19/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). On the structural side it scores 38/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 55603 posted values that rose 4.8% over the year (phase confidence 37/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $62,813, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 12.1%. Around 10% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 416 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The typical home is worth about $216,700 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 43.9% — elevated. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 448 with a median age of 56.

On the whole, 55603 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.