ZIP 04574 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Knox County, Maine's ZIP 04574 registers 21/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 50/100 against active distress of 6/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (47/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year, and 47% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $195,200 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 14.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 1,618 people live here, median age 46. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. 93% of housing is owner-occupied. At $63,036, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 57% of tenant households. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 777 housing units across 04574. The poverty rate is 12.6%.

Net-net, 04574 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.