ZIP 24520 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 24520's composite property-distress score is 14/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Halifax County, Virginia. The split runs 30/100 structural to 4/100 active on the ground. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (39/100), structural risk (30/100), institutional ownership (23/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (23/100) and mortgage stress (13/100).

The expansion-phase market in 24520 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year (phase confidence 30/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Rent burden reaches 60% of tenant households. Population is roughly 2,225 with a median age of 58. Median household income is $39,773, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Roughly 16.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The ZIP holds roughly 1,082 housing units. Home values center near $120,500, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 15.5% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. Owners hold 79% of homes, renters 21%.

On the whole, 24520 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 24520 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 24520 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 14/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Halifax County, Virginia and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 24520, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 14/100 for 24520 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, 24520 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.