ZIP 57248 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Hamlin County, South Dakota's ZIP 57248 registers 8/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (6/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 20 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year, and 52% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 30.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $92,625 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 1,150 with a median age of 32. The ZIP holds roughly 658 housing units. Home values center near $293,200, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Around 7% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. The poverty rate is 5.0% — low.

On the whole, 57248 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 57248 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 57248 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 8/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Hamlin County, South Dakota and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 57248 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 8/100 figure for 57248 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. Practically, 57248 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.