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

Lorain County, Ohio is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 10 to 19 out of 100. The county spans 24 scored ZIP codes, averaging 17/100 composite distress. On bank and credit headwind, Lorain County scores 60/100.

Currently peak, Lorain County saw prices rise 3.8% year over year, a 33/100-confidence read. At this stage of the cycle, broad sweeps stop paying leaving the wins in individual deals.

At +3.8% YoY and 33/100 confidence, the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A moderate 60/100 lender headwind means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Leading Lorain County on distress: 44001 (19/100), 44011 (19/100), 44012 (19/100), 44028 (19/100), 44035 (19/100), 44039 (19/100). Coverage extends to 44044, 44049, 44050, 44052, 44053, 44054, 44055, 44074, 44090, 44256 among others.

By the numbers, Lorain County's scored ZIPs run household income averaging about $80,863, roughly at the national median, 6.5% of units sitting vacant, a 9.7% poverty rate, 81% owner-occupancy, home values averaging roughly $243,558, below the US, residents with a median age around 44.1. Numbers like these shape who is forced to sell and how readily the market absorbs it.

At 17/100 composite over 24 ZIPs, Lorain County rewards parcel-by-parcel work rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Lorain County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, a per-parcel score, lender exposure and exit read.

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

For anyone buying in Lorain County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 19/100. These Lorain County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Lorain County leads with 44001 (19/100), 44011 (19/100), 44012 (19/100), 44028 (19/100), 44035 (19/100), 44039 (19/100). DLRadar also scores 44044, 44049, 44050, 44052, 44053, 44054, 44055, 44074 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.

DLRadar's composite for Lorain County blends several independent signals — foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, and the bank-stress headwind of the lenders operating locally — into one 0–100 score per ZIP, so a market can rank high on one axis and low on another.