ZIP 24121 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Bedford County, Virginia's ZIP 24121 registers 21/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 44/100 against active distress of 5/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (72/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (44/100), institutional ownership (39/100). institutional ownership (39/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.3% over the trailing year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 22% higher over three years, at 46/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 35.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $391,800, an affordability ratio of 4.0×. Median household income is $88,024, above the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 7,524 housing units across 24121. 8.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. 10,782 residents call 24121 home, typically aged 56. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 90% of homes, renters 10%. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Taken together, 24121 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.