ZIP 56078 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Blue Earth County, Minnesota's ZIP 56078 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 54 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (42/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.9% over the trailing year, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

494 residents call 56078 home, typically aged 34. The typical home is worth about $200,000 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 7.4% — low. 90% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 11.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 192 housing units across 56078. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. At $79,688, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 59% of tenant households.

On balance, 56078 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.