ZIP 56573 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Otter Tail County, Minnesota's ZIP 56573 registers 20/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (79/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (82/100), structural risk (45/100), mortgage stress (7/100). mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

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

Vacancy runs 25.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $286,500 (3.8× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. 6,868 residents call 56573 home, typically aged 39. The poverty rate is 12.1%. There are about 3,773 housing units across 56573. At $68,080, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 56573 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.