ZIP 33837 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 33837 (Polk County, Florida) lands at 37/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 82 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (82/100), construction/permit lag (75/100), institutional ownership (70/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (28/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100)).

The contraction-phase market in 33837 posted values that fell 0.9% over the year, and 40% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

There are about 20,284 housing units across 33837. The typical home is worth about $334,800 (3.9× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 14.1%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. Population is roughly 45,144 with a median age of 38. At $75,861, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 20.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On the whole, 33837 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.