ZIP 30102 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 30102 in Cherokee County, Georgia carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (80/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (56/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Structural risk reads 76/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 30102 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 44,593 with a median age of 37. The typical home is worth about $333,000 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). There are about 16,468 housing units across 30102. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The poverty rate is 8.3%. Vacancy runs 5.9%. Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $91,673, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households.

On balance 30102 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.