ZIP 56098 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Faribault County, Minnesota, ZIP 56098 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (47/100), structural risk (39/100), institutional ownership (35/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (14/100). Structural risk reads 39/100 against active distress of 4/100.

The peak-phase market in 56098 posted values that rose 4.5% over the year, and 32% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,946 with a median age of 46. Vacancy runs 13.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 56098 scores 23/100. Roughly 9.3% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $147,900 here, or 1.9 times local income. There are about 1,008 housing units across 56098. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. About 18% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. Households earn a median $69,000 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 56098 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.