ZIP 57242 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 57242 (Hamlin County, South Dakota) lands at 8/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (28/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (5/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (5/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 18/100 against active distress of 1/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $177,100 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). At $92,222, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 2.2% — low. 418 residents call 57242 home, typically aged 28. Vacancy runs 26.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 143 housing units across 57242. Around 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

Taken together, 57242 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.