ZIP 10021 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
New York County, New York · High Vacancy market
In New York County, New York, ZIP 10021 scores 22 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (18/100), construction/permit lag (13/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (13/100) and mortgage stress (9/100). Structurally it carries 48/100, against 3/100 of stress already in motion.
The market reads peak — home values rose 4.9% year on year, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
The typical home is worth about $1,377,500 (9.8× income, severely stretched). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 46/100. 45% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 30,186 housing units across 10021. 39,479 residents call 10021 home, typically aged 42. About 81% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 30.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $156,712, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. Roughly 5.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.
Net-net, 10021 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 10021 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.
Whether 10021 runs hot or quiet, its 22/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 10021 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in New York County, New York or nationwide. Sparse data for 10021 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 22/100 for 10021 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 10021 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.
What is driving ZIP 10021’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
Snapshot: 10021 by the numbers
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 10021, the same set carried on every parcel.
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