ZIP 68831 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Howard County, Nebraska's ZIP 68831 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (62/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

768 residents call 68831 home, typically aged 36. The poverty rate is 13.6%. There are about 390 housing units across 68831. Vacancy runs 20.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $58,750, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. The typical home is worth about $201,900 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 12% of tenant households.

Taken together, 68831 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.