ZIP 33853 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Polk County, Florida, ZIP 33853 scores 38 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. The split runs 83/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (83/100), construction/permit lag (77/100), institutional ownership (69/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (28/100) register low.

The market reads recovery — home values rose 1.9% year on year, 2.2% off the recent peak, and 1% lower over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 14.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 33853 scores 43/100. 56% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 23.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $209,300 (4.8× income). At $40,938, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 12,385 residents call 33853 home, typically aged 37. The ZIP holds roughly 5,699 housing units. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 60% of tenant households.

Net-net, 33853 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. DLRadar currently tracks 1 individual distressed properties in 33853, each with owner, address, APN, a per-property distress score, bank-exposure read and exit-velocity estimate.

Whether 33853 runs hot or quiet, its 38/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 33853 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Polk County, Florida or nationwide. 33853 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

33853's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 33853 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.