ZIP 68860 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Custer County, Nebraska, ZIP 68860 scores 6 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (12/100), mortgage stress (4/100), institutional ownership (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 12/100 structural and 1/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 68860 posted values that rose 3.3% over the year, at 24/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 298 with a median age of 45. The typical home is worth about $72,500 (1.0× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 22.0% — elevated. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. The poverty rate is 7.8%. There are about 184 housing units across 68860. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 16/100. At $61,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 68860 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.

Big metro or rural, 68860 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 6/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Custer County, Nebraska and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 68860, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 68860's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. The point of the 68860 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.