ZIP 05488 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Franklin County, Vermont's ZIP 05488 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (41/100), institutional ownership (38/100). institutional ownership (38/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 41/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (71/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.3% over the trailing year, 1.6% off the recent peak, and 28% higher over three years (phase confidence 51/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

On demographic stress specifically, 05488 scores 30/100. The vacancy rate is 24.7% — elevated. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. 7,896 residents call 05488 home, typically aged 43. About 22% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $288,700 here, or 3.6 times local income. Roughly 12.7% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. Households earn a median $73,140 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 4,071 housing units.

Taken together, 05488 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.