Imperial County, CA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Imperial County, California sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. Individual Imperial County ZIPs score between 20 and 36 on the 0–100 composite. DLRadar scores 18 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 22/100. On bank and credit headwind, Imperial County scores 19/100.

Currently peak, Imperial County saw prices rise 2.7% year over year (phase confidence 29/100). At this stage of the cycle, blanket buying underperforms as the ZIP scores below show.

Imperial County's topped-out +2.7% YoY (29/100 confidence) means the discount lives in outliers so the headline market won't hand it over. Lender stress at 19/100 (contained) favors owner-driven distress more than bank stock.

The sharpest Imperial County readings come from 92225 (36/100), 92274 (31/100), 92004 (29/100), 92222 (20/100), 92227 (20/100), 92231 (20/100) — open any for the parcel detail. Further scored ZIPs: 92233, 92243, 92249, 92250, 92251, 92257, 92259, 92266, 92273, 92275.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Imperial County run incomes around $57,346, 25.8% of units sitting vacant, 22.4% of households below the poverty line, median home values around $247,044 (below the national figure), 58% of homes owner-occupied, a median age of 38.7. Income, equity and tenure like these shape the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

Net of it all, 22/100 over 18 ZIPs means Imperial County is a screen-by-ZIP market for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Imperial County to see every parcel's owner, address and APN, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

Whether Imperial County, California carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Imperial County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Treat Imperial County, California as a ranked list, not a single market: the spread between its strongest and weakest ZIPs is where the acquisition margin actually sits. Every Imperial County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.

The ZIP breakdown for Imperial County leads with 92225 (36/100), 92274 (31/100), 92004 (29/100), 92222 (20/100), 92227 (20/100), 92231 (20/100). DLRadar also scores 92233, 92243, 92249, 92250, 92251, 92257, 92259, 92266 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Imperial County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.