ZIP 12956 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Essex County, New York · Affordable market
In Essex County, New York, ZIP 12956 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100). Structural exposure scores 52 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.
The expansion-phase market in 12956 posted values that rose 6.0% over the year (phase confidence 38/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.
Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. The poverty rate is 17.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. On demographic stress specifically, 12956 scores 21/100. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $67,526 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 517 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 4.9%. Home values center near $115,200, an affordability ratio of 1.7× — accessible. Population is roughly 1,538 with a median age of 39.
Net-net, 12956 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 12956 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 12956's 25/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 12956 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Behind 12956's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For an operator, 12956 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
ZIP 12956 distress signals, scored
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
ZIP 12956 Stress Report snapshot
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