ZIP 04730 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 04730 (Aroostook County, Maine) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 58 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year, and 28% 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 $145,200 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 17.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 10,062 people live here, median age 44. There are about 4,851 housing units across 04730. Vacancy runs 13.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 71% of housing is owner-occupied. At $55,345, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households.

Net-net, 04730 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.