ZIP 04862 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Knox County, Maine's ZIP 04862 registers 21/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100). 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.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year, and 37% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 4,195 people live here, median age 42. The typical home is worth about $252,300 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 12.4%. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. Vacancy runs 15.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. At $71,546, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 2,055 housing units across 04862. Around 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 04862 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.