ZIP 33872 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 33872 (Highlands County, Florida) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (72/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (58/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (86/100). The latent-versus-live split is 68/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.3% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 22.3% — elevated. Roughly 8.0% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 33872 scores 26/100. Households earn a median $68,086 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $210,000 here, or 2.9 times local income. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. About 13,302 people live here, median age 62. About 29% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 7,985 housing units.

Net-net, 33872 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. DLRadar currently tracks 2 individual distressed properties in 33872, each with owner, address, APN, a per-property distress score, bank-exposure read and exit-velocity estimate.