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

Every ZIP in Summit County, Ohio carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. Individual Summit County ZIPs score between 18 and 30 on the 0–100 composite. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 50/100 (moderate). Coverage runs to 43 ZIPs across Summit County, a low 28/100 average.

In its peak phase, Summit County home prices rose 3.2% across the last year, at 20/100 phase confidence. On a market plateau, the opportunity narrows so screen ZIP by ZIP.

Near the cycle top at +3.2% YoY (20/100 confidence), the wins are surgical — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Mid-range bank stress at 50/100 points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Highest scores land in 44056 (30/100), 44067 (30/100), 44087 (30/100), 44221 (30/100), 44223 (30/100), 44224 (30/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Also scored across the county: 44232, 44236, 44250, 44262, 44264, 44286, 44301, 44302, 44303, 44304.

By the numbers, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Summit County report poverty running near 13.8%, an owner-occupied share of 67%, home values averaging roughly $226,823, below the US, vacancy near 7.8%, residents with a median age around 40.9, household income averaging about $80,095, roughly at the national median. Taken together, they signal the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

With a low 28/100 reading over 43 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific and not a county-wide play. Inside DLRadar, each Summit County property carries owner, mailing address, APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

Whether Summit County, Ohio 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 Summit County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Used properly, Summit County, Ohio's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Summit County as a whole. Provenance for Summit County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

The ZIP breakdown for Summit County leads with 44056 (30/100), 44067 (30/100), 44087 (30/100), 44221 (30/100), 44223 (30/100), 44224 (30/100). DLRadar also scores 44232, 44236, 44250, 44262, 44264, 44286, 44301, 44302 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 Summit 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.