ZIP 59648 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 59648 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. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (74/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (39/100). institutional ownership (39/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 61/100 against active distress of 5/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.7% over the trailing year, 3.7% off the recent peak, at 35/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $263,600 (4.7× income). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. 84% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 8.8%. There are about 513 housing units across 59648. Rent burden reaches 19% of tenant households. 468 residents call 59648 home, typically aged 59. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 65.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $68,542, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 59648 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.