ZIP 55968 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wabasha County, Minnesota, ZIP 55968 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The latent-versus-live split is 60/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.9% year on year, 1.0% off the recent peak (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 22.5% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 99 housing units. Roughly 23.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 50% of renters are cost-burdened. About 15% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Households earn a median $54,688 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 55968 scores 36/100. A median home runs $236,100 here, or 3.6 times local income. About 130 people live here, median age 59.

Net-net, 55968 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.