ZIP 04938 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 04938 (Franklin County, Maine) lands at 16/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (42/100), structural risk (35/100), institutional ownership (28/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (18/100). Structural risk reads 35/100 against active distress of 5/100.

The expansion-phase market in 04938 posted values that rose 6.1% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 10,368 with a median age of 41. There are about 5,187 housing units across 04938. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Owners hold 63% of homes, renters 37%. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 19.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $172,500, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. Median household income is $54,281, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

On the whole, 04938 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.