ZIP 55961 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Mower County, Minnesota's ZIP 55961 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (52/100), structural risk (48/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 48 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, at 25/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

517 residents call 55961 home, typically aged 38. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. There are about 205 housing units across 55961. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 3.0%. Median household income is $77,083, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. Home values center near $172,200, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. 9.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Overall, 55961 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.