ZIP 56096 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Le Sueur County, Minnesota's ZIP 56096 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (54/100), structural risk (51/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 51 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.1% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $278,000 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). 83% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 1,605 housing units across 56096. At $79,879, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. The poverty rate is 8.1%. Vacancy runs 21.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 52% of tenant households. 2,874 residents call 56096 home, typically aged 46. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 56096 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.