ZIP 04253 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 04253 (Androscoggin County, Maine) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (42/100), mortgage stress (16/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (16/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.8% year on year, and 35% higher over three years, at 44/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 1,847 people live here, median age 52. 97% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 1,044 housing units across 04253. At $71,691, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $221,800 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 18.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The poverty rate is 6.2% — low. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households.

Net-net, 04253 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.