ZIP 56253 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Kandiyohi County, Minnesota's ZIP 56253 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (15/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100). The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.3% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $198,100, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $73,984, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 23% of renters are cost-burdened. About 737 people live here, median age 49. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 552 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. The vacancy rate is 38.0% — elevated. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%.

Net-net, 56253 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.