ZIP 68522 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Lancaster County, Nebraska, ZIP 68522 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (60/100). On the structural side it scores 66/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (66/100), construction/permit lag (63/100), institutional ownership (41/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $235,100 here, or 2.9 times local income. Roughly 9.9% live below the poverty line. The ZIP holds roughly 4,770 housing units. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 3.4%. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. At $77,151, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. About 14,330 people live here, median age 33.

Net-net, 68522 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 68522 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 68522 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 30/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Where the public record is thin for 68522, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

68522's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 68522 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.