ZIP 57442 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 57442 in Potter County, South Dakota carries a composite property-distress score of 12/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (81/100), structural risk (27/100), mortgage stress (7/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 27 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 57442 posted values that rose 4.3% over the year, at 32/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,963 with a median age of 42. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households. There are about 1,270 housing units across 57442. Vacancy runs 38.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Roughly 18.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 28% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $60,568 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $134,600 here, or 2.2 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 57442 scores 32/100.

On the whole, 57442 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.