ZIP 33873 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 33873 in Hardee County, Florida comes in at 24, a low composite-distress reading. The split runs 51/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (51/100), mortgage stress (27/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (97/100), climate & FEMA risk (69/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year, and 13% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

About 14,162 people live here, median age 37. The poverty rate is 27.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 11.9% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. Median household income is $51,311, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $180,100, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 5,400 housing units. Rent burden reaches 57% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 33873 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 33873 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

No ZIP is too small to score: 33873 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 24/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 33873 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 24/100 figure for 33873 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 33873 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.