ZIP 34217 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Manatee County, Florida, ZIP 34217 scores 32 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100). The latent-versus-live split is 69/100 structural and 9/100 already moving. Its standout signals are institutional ownership (75/100), structural risk (69/100), mortgage stress (30/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (30/100) and construction/permit lag (1/100) register low.

The market reads contraction — home values fell 1.7% year on year, 2.8% off the recent peak, and 6% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). A cooling market tends to open discount-to-value windows.

Around 65% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 6.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Households earn a median $90,278 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 64.8% — elevated. About 3,774 people live here, median age 69. On demographic stress specifically, 34217 scores 44/100. About 61% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 5,974 housing units. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. A median home runs $657,400 here, or 7.0 times local income.

Net-net, 34217 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.