ZIP 58735 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Ward County, North Dakota, ZIP 58735 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 39/100 against active distress of 3/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (62/100)). Its standout signals are structural risk (39/100), construction/permit lag (37/100), institutional ownership (19/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

The expansion-phase market in 58735 posted values that rose 5.9% over the year, 2.0% off the recent peak, at 45/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 534 with a median age of 36. The tenure split is 92% owner-occupied to 8% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 58735 scores 31/100. Rent burden reaches 67% of tenant households. A median home runs $308,300 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 2.4% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 300 housing units across 58735. About 48% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 47.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $126,458 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 58735 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.