ZIP 04489 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Penobscot County, Maine's ZIP 04489 registers 25/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (79/100). On the structural side it scores 56/100, with 0/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (43/100), institutional ownership (40/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.4% over the trailing year, 1.3% off the recent peak (phase confidence 56/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

366 residents call 04489 home, typically aged 25. A median home runs $262,500 here. On demographic stress specifically, 04489 scores 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 158 housing units. Roughly 26.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 18.8% — elevated. About 73% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. Around 69% of renters are cost-burdened.

Taken together, 04489 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.