ZIP 56279 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 56279 (Kandiyohi County, Minnesota) at a low 23/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100). The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (15/100). institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.3% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

82% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 6.9% — low. At $78,750, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 27% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 13.8% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. 1,122 residents call 56279 home, typically aged 36. The typical home is worth about $231,700 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 532 housing units.

Taken together, 56279 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.