ZIP 30021 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 30021 (Dekalb County, Georgia) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. The split runs 66/100 structural to 7/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (55/100), construction/permit lag (28/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (28/100) and mortgage stress (23/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 30021 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 18/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 26,386 people live here, median age 25. A median home runs $275,400 here, or 5.3 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 30021 scores 48/100. 26% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 8,618 housing units across 30021. The vacancy rate is 18.9% — elevated. Median household income is $48,158, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 27.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 23% have a four-year degree. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened.

Taken together, 30021 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 30021 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 30021 runs hot or quiet, its 30/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 30021 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Dekalb County, Georgia or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 30021, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 30/100 figure for 30021 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. Practically, 30021 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.