ZIP 23602 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 23602 (Newport News County, Virginia) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 61/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (73/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 38/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $72,487, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 36% bachelor's-or-above. 14.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 4.6%. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $288,200, an affordability ratio of 3.7× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 18,481 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. 42,699 residents call 23602 home, typically aged 35. Owners hold 52% of homes, renters 48%.

Overall, 23602 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.