ZIP 33898 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 33898 in Polk County, Florida carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). The latent-versus-live split is 82/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (82/100), construction/permit lag (74/100), institutional ownership (69/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 0.9% over the trailing year, and 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 27.3% — elevated. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 10,027 housing units. 18,426 residents call 33898 home, typically aged 47. Median household income is $54,778, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. 10.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $168,400, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible.

Taken together, 33898 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.