ZIP 04543 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 04543 in Lincoln County, Maine carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 48 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (48/100), structural risk (48/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.1% over the trailing year, and 53% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

A median home runs $363,500 here, or 5.6 times local income. Rent burden reaches 59% of tenant households. 2,249 residents call 04543 home, typically aged 42. Vacancy runs 30.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 04543 scores 42/100. About 40% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $59,659 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,302 housing units across 04543. Roughly 17.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

Taken together, 04543 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.