ZIP 24174 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Bedford County, Virginia, ZIP 24174 scores 22 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Structurally it carries 46/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (51/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100).

The peak-phase market in 24174 posted values that rose 3.7% over the year, and 13% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 15.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 16.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $192,800, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. On demographic stress specifically, 24174 scores 36/100. Population is roughly 2,335 with a median age of 35. There are about 1,092 housing units across 24174. The tenure split is 89% owner-occupied to 11% rented. Around 71% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. Households earn a median $55,344 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 24174 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 24174 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Whether 24174 runs hot or quiet, its 22/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 24174 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Bedford County, Virginia or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 24174, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 22/100 figure for 24174 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 24174 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.