ZIP 04553 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 04553 (Lincoln County, Maine) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100).

The peak-phase market in 04553 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year, and 32% higher over three years, at 40/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $79,667, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 19.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 4.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 1,000 housing units across 04553. Rent burden reaches 19% of tenant households. 1,773 residents call 04553 home, typically aged 51. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. About 44% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $398,000 here, or 5.1 times local income.

On the whole, 04553 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 04553 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 04553's 21/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Lincoln County, Maine or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 04553 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Each component behind 04553 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 21/100 roll-up. The point of the 04553 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.