ZIP 59602 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 59602 in Lewis And Clark County, Montana carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (39/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (39/100) and mortgage stress (15/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (74/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)).

The peak-phase market in 59602 posted values that rose 1.7% over the year, 3.7% off the recent peak, and 17% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $408,600 here, or 4.2 times local income. There are about 12,445 housing units across 59602. Population is roughly 30,379 with a median age of 40. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. Vacancy runs 5.7%. Households earn a median $87,841 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 39% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. Roughly 7.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. On demographic stress specifically, 59602 scores 27/100.

On balance 59602 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.