ZIP 56278 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Big Stone County, Minnesota, ZIP 56278 scores 12 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (29/100), mortgage stress (7/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 29/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The peak-phase market in 56278 posted values that rose 4.8% over the year, and 29% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $202,800 here, or 2.9 times local income. Vacancy runs 25.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Population is roughly 2,685 with a median age of 50. About 23% have a four-year degree. There are about 1,609 housing units across 56278. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. Households earn a median $60,192 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 8.7% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 56278 scores 28/100.

On the whole, 56278 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.