ZIP 68628 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 68628 (Merrick County, Nebraska) lands at 15/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (58/100), structural risk (33/100), institutional ownership (10/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (10/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. Structural risk reads 33/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.8% year on year, at 34/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 844 people live here, median age 43. Home values center near $183,600, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 533 housing units across 68628. Median household income is $55,125, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 11.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 33.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households.

Net-net, 68628 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.