ZIP 57521 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 57521 (Mellette County, South Dakota) lands at 9/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (20/100), institutional ownership (17/100). structural risk (20/100) and institutional ownership (17/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 20/100 against active distress of 0/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, at 32/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $50,521, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 22.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 51% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 41.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. 245 residents call 57521 home, typically aged 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.

Taken together, 57521 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.