ZIP 33843 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 33843 in Polk County, Florida carries a composite property-distress score of 38/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (83/100), construction/permit lag (77/100), institutional ownership (69/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). The split runs 83/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground.

The recovery-phase market in 33843 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year, 2.2% off the recent peak, and 20% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 28.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $51,358 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 11,072 residents call 33843 home, typically aged 53. On demographic stress specifically, 33843 scores 29/100. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 6,189 housing units. The typical home is worth about $99,000 (2.1× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 33843 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 33843 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Big metro or rural, 33843 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 38/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Polk County, Florida and the nation. Sparse data for 33843 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Each component behind 33843 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 38/100 roll-up. Practically, 33843 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.