Portsmouth County, VA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Portsmouth County, Virginia sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. ZIP-level distress ranges from 21/100 at the top down to 18/100. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 53/100. 8 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 21/100 distress.

The county market is in a peak phase: home prices rose 3.4% over the past year (phase confidence 30/100). With values leveling off, the opportunity narrows leaving the wins in individual deals.

Portsmouth County's topped-out +3.4% YoY (30/100 confidence) means the wins are surgical so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 53/100 means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Highest scores land in 23701 (21/100), 23702 (21/100), 23703 (21/100), 23704 (21/100), 23707 (21/100), 23708 (21/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Also scored across the county: 23709, 23321.

Demographically, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Portsmouth County run residents with a median age around 32.9, 50% of homes owner-occupied, 6.5% of units sitting vacant, incomes around $70,644, typical home values near $261,350, poverty running near 14.6%. Numbers like these signal which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

At 21/100 composite over 8 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific where the ZIP scores point. Unlock Portsmouth County to see every parcel's owner, address and APN, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

No county is too small to score: Portsmouth County, Virginia runs through the same foreclosure, tax, lien and bank-stress model as every major metro, so Portsmouth County's numbers mean exactly what they mean anywhere else in Virginia.

For anyone buying in Portsmouth County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 21/100. The Portsmouth 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.

The ZIP breakdown for Portsmouth County leads with 23701 (21/100), 23702 (21/100), 23703 (21/100), 23704 (21/100), 23707 (21/100), 23708 (21/100). DLRadar also scores 23709, 23321 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 Portsmouth 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.