ZIP 04769 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 04769 in Aroostook County, Maine carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). What sets it apart are the readings on 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. Structural risk reads 58/100 against active distress of 3/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year, and 23% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 11.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $57,396, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $147,200 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 15.6%. 57% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 4,435 housing units across 04769. About 8,736 people live here, median age 42. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 04769 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.