ZIP 33898 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 33898 in Polk County, Florida comes in at 39, a moderate composite-distress reading. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). Structural exposure scores 86 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are structural risk (86/100), institutional ownership (74/100), construction/permit lag (74/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100).

The recovery-phase market in 33898 posted values that rose 1.7% over the year, 2.0% off the recent peak, and 12% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. About 17% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 27.3% — elevated. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. There are about 10,027 housing units across 33898. 18,426 residents call 33898 home, typically aged 47. At $54,778, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. 10.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $168,400, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible.

Net-net, 33898 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 33898 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 33898 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 39/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Polk County, Florida and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 33898, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 39/100 figure for 33898 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 a buyer, 33898 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.