ZIP 33859 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 33859 (Polk County, Florida) at a moderate 37/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (82/100), construction/permit lag (75/100), institutional ownership (70/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 82 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 0.9% over the trailing year, and 24% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

There are about 5,977 housing units across 33859. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. Home values center near $215,300, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible. Vacancy runs 22.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $61,871, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. 10,827 residents call 33859 home, typically aged 50. 22.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 33859 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.