ZIP 68521 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 68521 in Lancaster County, Nebraska carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (61/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (48/100), construction/permit lag (29/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (29/100) and mortgage stress (18/100). Structural risk reads 60/100 against active distress of 5/100.

The peak-phase market in 68521 posted values that rose 3.5% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The tenure split is 56% owner-occupied to 44% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 68521 scores 33/100. Vacancy runs 3.9%. About 32% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $252,800 here, or 3.5 times local income. Households earn a median $66,902 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 38,386 with a median age of 31. There are about 15,710 housing units across 68521. Roughly 14.2% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households.

On balance 68521 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.