ZIP 05842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 05842's composite property-distress score is 28/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Orleans County, Vermont. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), institutional ownership (66/100), structural risk (65/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100). Structurally it carries 65/100, against 8/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.2% year on year (phase confidence 46/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 277 housing units across 05842. Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $219,800 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). 10.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 532 residents call 05842 home, typically aged 41. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. Vacancy runs 22.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $72,500, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented.

Taken together, 05842 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 05842 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 05842 runs hot or quiet, its 28/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 05842 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Orleans County, Vermont or nationwide. Sparse data for 05842 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

05842's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 05842 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.