Contra Costa County, CA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Contra Costa County, CA, California: 49 ZIP codes scored, Contra Costa County, CA averaging 20/100 (low, Contra Costa, CA), from 20 to 26. Contra Costa County, CA is in its peak phase (Contra Costa, CA confidence 12/100): Contra Costa, CA home prices up 0.4% (Contra Costa, CA) over twelve months. Contra Costa County, CA lender headwind: 51/100.
Highest-scoring Contra Costa County, CA ZIPs: 95219 (26/100), 94551 (21/100), 94588 (21/100), 94611 (21/100), 94706 (21/100), 94707 (21/100). Also scored in Contra Costa County, CA: 94708, 94505, 94506, 94507, 94509, 94511, 94513, 94514, 94516, 94517.
Across Contra Costa County, CA's scored ZIPs: median home value $1,063,969, household income $137,718, 4.0% vacancy, 8.7% poverty, 70% owner-occupied, median age 42.7.
Contra Costa County, CA insurance distress 23/100 (#2,008 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Contra Costa, CA; 9 Contra Costa, CA NFIP flood claims, $47K paid.
31 banks with 171 branches lend in Contra Costa County, CA; Contra Costa, CA weighted bank stress 66/100, highest 83/100 in Contra Costa, CA.
Contra Costa County, CA unemployment 5.0% (Contra Costa, CA +0.4 pts, six months); 1,949 new housing units permitted in Contra Costa County, CA over twelve months, Contra Costa, CA up 56% from 1,246; Contra Costa, CA home prices +4.8% a year (Contra Costa, CA) over three years.
429,260 housing units in Contra Costa County, CA; 133,153 Contra Costa, CA renter households; 52% of Contra Costa, CA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 26% (Contra Costa, CA) half or more.
Contra Costa County, CA ranks #3,157 nationally on the opportunity index (Contra Costa, CA, among all ranked counties); Contra Costa, CA scores 21.2/100 and Contra Costa, CA sits #56 inside California. Contra Costa, CA is in the weak opportunity phase; Contra Costa, CA's primary driver is bank institutional, Contra Costa, CA second driver listings discount; Contra Costa, CA moved up 1 places. 103 short-sale listings across Contra Costa, CA; 97 days on market observed in Contra Costa, CA; 3.4% vacancy over 49 Contra Costa, CA ZIPs.
0.5% of Contra Costa County, CA mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Contra Costa, CA's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 1.0% (CFPB county sample). Contra Costa, CA's ninety-day rate is unchanged on twelve months earlier; the Contra Costa, CA peak since 2008 was 7.2% in January 2010; California overall reads 0.5%.
Contra Costa County, CA has 18 watched banks; 18 Contra Costa, CA banks sit in an elevated band. Contra Costa, CA footprints: Mechanics Bank (15 branches, stress 59) in Contra Costa, CA; Bac Community Bank (4 branches, stress 75) in Contra Costa, CA; Fremont Bank (4 branches, stress 75) in Contra Costa, CA.
HUD lists 32 assisted multifamily properties in Contra Costa County, CA with 2,042 units; 1,285 Contra Costa, CA units are assisted, 8 Contra Costa, CA properties under project-based Section 8.
14,843 of the 429,260 housing units in Contra Costa, CA sit vacant. Contra Costa County, CA permitted 898 multifamily units in twelve months; Contra Costa, CA's one-to-four unit structures added 1,051 units in Contra Costa County, CA.