ZIP 57521 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Mellette County, South Dakota · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 57521 in Mellette County, South Dakota carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (32/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (32/100) and institutional ownership (15/100). The split runs 32/100 structural to 0/100 active on the ground.
The peak-phase market in 57521 posted values that rose 2.2% over the year (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Households earn a median $50,521 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The poverty rate is 22.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Owners hold 51% of homes, renters 49%. Vacancy runs 41.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Population is roughly 245 with a median age of 15. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. There are about 105 housing units across 57521.
On the whole, 57521 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 57521 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Whether 57521 runs hot or quiet, its 14/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 57521 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Mellette County, South Dakota or nationwide. Where the record is thin for 57521, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.
Behind 57521's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. The point of the 57521 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
ZIP 57521 distress signals, scored
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
ZIP 57521 Stress Report snapshot
A live read on 57521: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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Each signal above is traceable to an open dataset · methodology