Franklin County, OH: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Franklin County, Ohio is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. ZIP-level distress ranges from 27/100 at the top down to 20/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 45/100 (moderate). 50 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 25/100 distress.

In its peak phase, Franklin County home prices rose 3.0% across the last year (phase confidence 22/100). With pricing topped out, the average masks the outliers leaving the wins in individual deals.

At +3.0% YoY and 22/100 confidence, the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A moderate 45/100 lender headwind points to a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 43147 (27/100), ZIP 43002 (26/100), ZIP 43004 (26/100), ZIP 43016 (26/100), ZIP 43026 (26/100), ZIP 43054 (26/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Other tracked Franklin County ZIPs include 43081, 43085, 43109, 43123, 43126, 43201, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205.

Demographically, Franklin County's scored ZIPs show median home values around $308,156 (near the national figure), poverty running near 15.4%, 54% owner-occupancy, residents with a median age around 35.8, a median household income near $82,419 (near the US norm), vacancy near 8.8%. Numbers like these drive who is forced to sell and how readily the market absorbs it.

All in at 25/100 over 50 ZIPs, the opportunity hides below the average rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Franklin County parcel: owner, mailing address, APN, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

Because Franklin County, Ohio is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Franklin County against neighboring markets or the rest of Ohio on equal footing.

In Franklin County, Ohio, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. The Franklin County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

Drilling in, Franklin County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 43147 (27/100), 43002 (26/100), 43004 (26/100), 43016 (26/100), 43026 (26/100), 43054 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 43081, 43085, 43109, 43123, 43126, 43201, 43202, 43203 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Franklin 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.