ZIP 57761 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Meade County, South Dakota's ZIP 57761 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 42 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (64/100). Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (4/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (4/100) and mortgage stress (3/100).

The peak-phase market in 57761 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year (phase confidence 25/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,274 with a median age of 38. On demographic stress specifically, 57761 scores 31/100. There are about 447 housing units across 57761. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 61% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $253,100 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $101,042, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 18.7% — elevated. Roughly 10.3% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 57761 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 57761 runs hot or quiet, its 19/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 57761 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Meade County, South Dakota or nationwide. 57761 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

57761's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 57761 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.