ZIP 68873 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 68873 in Howard County, Nebraska carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 61/100 against active distress of 6/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (50/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, and 36% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

3,710 residents call 68873 home, typically aged 42. At $73,169, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $214,800 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 23% of tenant households. 71% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 9.4%. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. There are about 1,493 housing units across 68873. The poverty rate is 3.8% — low.

Overall, 68873 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.