ZIP 59471 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Fergus County, Montana's ZIP 59471 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (28/100). institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 50/100 against active distress of 4/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.4% over the trailing year, at 41/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

61% of housing is owner-occupied. At $64,688, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 316 residents call 59471 home, typically aged 47. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. There are about 175 housing units across 59471. Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $177,500 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 19.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 31.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households.

Taken together, 59471 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.