ZIP 34797 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Lake County, Florida's ZIP 34797 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (70/100), construction/permit lag (57/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100). Structural exposure scores 77 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale.

The contraction-phase market in 34797 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 38% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

97% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 21.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 3.2% — low. There are about 672 housing units across 34797. At $127,616, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,142 with a median age of 72. The typical home is worth about $400,000 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). Around 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100.

On the whole, 34797 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.