ZIP 57226 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 57226 in Deuel County, South Dakota carries a composite property-distress score of 7/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 18 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 57226 posted values that rose 4.3% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,834 with a median age of 43. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. Vacancy runs 16.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $71,250 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 9.0% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 57226 scores 25/100. A median home runs $206,400 here, or 2.5 times local income. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. There are about 890 housing units across 57226. About 26% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 57226 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.