ZIP 55917 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 55917 in Steele County, Minnesota carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structurally it carries 39/100, against 4/100 of stress already in motion. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (39/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (31/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (31/100) and mortgage stress (13/100).

The peak-phase market in 55917 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $76,310, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 5.8%. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 4.7% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. A median home runs $207,000 here, or 2.5 times local income. The tenure split is 89% owner-occupied to 11% rented. 3,531 residents call 55917 home, typically aged 43. The ZIP holds roughly 1,450 housing units.

On balance 55917 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. While 55917 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 55917 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 17/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Steele County, Minnesota and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 55917, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

55917's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 55917 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.