ZIP 34242 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Sarasota County, Florida's ZIP 34242 registers 39/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 86/100 structural and 10/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (86/100), institutional ownership (82/100), construction/permit lag (61/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (33/100).

The contraction-phase market in 34242 posted values that fell 1.7% over the year, 2.8% off the recent peak, and 62% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. Around 67% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 60.3% — elevated. At $122,143, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 10,304 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 43/100. 90% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $1,046,100 (8.2× income, severely stretched). Population is roughly 7,672 with a median age of 65.

On the whole, 34242 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. DLRadar currently tracks 2 individual distressed properties in 34242, each with owner, address, APN, a per-property distress score, bank-exposure read and exit-velocity estimate.