ZIP 56072 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 56072 (Waseca County, Minnesota) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 37/100 against active distress of 6/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (50/100), structural risk (37/100), mortgage stress (19/100). structural risk (37/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.5% over the trailing year, and 42% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

2,147 residents call 56072 home, typically aged 48. The typical home is worth about $205,400 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). 86% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. There are about 1,068 housing units across 56072. Vacancy runs 15.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $77,917, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 3.8% — low. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 56072 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.