ZIP 23701 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Portsmouth County, Virginia, ZIP 23701 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (69/100). Latent structural risk is 50/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.4% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $63,389, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 12.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The typical home is worth about $235,200 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 10,378 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. About 24,430 people live here, median age 38. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 6.5%.

Overall, 23701 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 23701 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 23701's 21/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Portsmouth County, Virginia or any ZIP coast to coast. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 23701 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 21/100 for 23701 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 23701 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.