ZIP 33843 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 33843 in Polk County, Florida carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on 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 latent-versus-live split is 82/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

The contraction-phase market in 33843 posted values that fell 0.9% over the year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 18.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 28.4% — elevated. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. At $51,358, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 11,072 with a median age of 53. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 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).

On the whole, 33843 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.