ZIP 30038 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 30038 (Dekalb County, Georgia) lands at 33/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 72 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (45/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.9% year on year, and 8% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 17,114 housing units across 30038. The poverty rate is 10.8%. 62% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households. Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 42,744 people live here, median age 38. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The typical home is worth about $247,000 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). At $70,860, median income runs near typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 30038 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.