ZIP 04973 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 04973 (Waldo County, Maine) at a low 23/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (54/100), structural risk (53/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (23/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 53/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year (phase confidence 43/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The poverty rate is 5.5% — low. Around 27% of renters are cost-burdened. At $85,192, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 1,494 people live here, median age 44. The vacancy rate is 18.1% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 798 housing units. The typical home is worth about $284,000 (3.0× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 04973 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.