ZIP 57261 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Day County, South Dakota · High Vacancy market
DLRadar grades ZIP 57261 (Day County, South Dakota) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Structurally it carries 28/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (42/100), structural risk (28/100), institutional ownership (24/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (24/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.
The market reads peak — home values rose 2.2% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Median household income is $43,125, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 21.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $167,500 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). The tenure split is 63% owner-occupied to 37% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 4.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 297 people live here, median age 54. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 142 housing units across 57261.
Taken together, 57261 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 57261 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
Big metro or rural, 57261 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 13/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Day County, South Dakota and the nation. Sparse data for 57261 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
57261's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 57261 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Signal-by-signal read on 57261
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
The 57261 distress snapshot
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