ZIP 23704 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 23704 in Portsmouth County, Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 53/100 against active distress of 2/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (90/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 30% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $230,300, an affordability ratio of 4.4×. Owners hold 38% of homes, renters 62%. 19,235 residents call 23704 home, typically aged 36. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 42/100. Vacancy runs 9.3%. Median household income is $44,739, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 27.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 9,658 housing units across 23704. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households.

Taken together, 23704 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.