ZIP 04843 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 04843 in Knox County, Maine carries a composite property-distress score of 19/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (42/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100)).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.0% year on year, and 33% higher over three years, at 40/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 3,210 housing units. Households earn a median $82,841 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 25.2% — elevated. A median home runs $520,600 here, or 5.9 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 04843 scores 32/100. About 65% have a four-year degree. 5,243 residents call 04843 home, typically aged 53. 7.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 69% of homes, renters 31%.

Net-net, 04843 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 04843 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 04843 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 19/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Knox County, Maine and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 04843, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 19/100 figure for 04843 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 04843 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.