ZIP 04579 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Sagadahoc County, Maine, ZIP 04579 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (41/100), construction/permit lag (26/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (26/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100). Latent structural risk is 41/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $103,482 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. The poverty rate is 14.1%. The ZIP holds roughly 1,430 housing units. Home values center near $254,500, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. The tenure split is 95% owner-occupied to 5% rented. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 3,135 with a median age of 53. About 53% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 12.9% — elevated.

Net-net, 04579 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 04579 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 04579 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 18/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 04579 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 18/100 for 04579 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 04579 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.