ZIP 57002 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Brookings County, South Dakota, ZIP 57002 scores 19 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (6/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (6/100) and mortgage stress (4/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 43 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.8% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

1,615 residents call 57002 home, typically aged 31. Home values center near $244,200, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. Vacancy runs 3.8%. Rent burden reaches 20% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 739 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. Households earn a median $87,125 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. 3.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 42% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 57002 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 57002 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 57002 runs hot or quiet, its 19/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 57002 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Brookings County, South Dakota or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 57002 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 19/100 figure for 57002 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 57002 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.