ZIP 68638 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Nance County, Nebraska, ZIP 68638 scores 10 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. The latent-versus-live split is 20/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. Leading the profile are institutional ownership (25/100), structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (13/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (13/100) and construction/permit lag (12/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.2% year on year, at 24/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

22.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 1,810 people live here, median age 42. Median household income is $61,538, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The typical home is worth about $144,500 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 68638 scores 26/100. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. About 17% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 782 housing units.

Net-net, 68638 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 68638 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The number is not local guesswork: 68638's 10/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 68638 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

68638's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 68638 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.