ZIP 34972 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Okeechobee County, Florida's ZIP 34972 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 65/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 23/100). Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

Median household income is $53,902, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 7,185 housing units. 22.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 65% of homes, renters 35%. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $220,000, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. The vacancy rate is 14.6% — elevated. 19,185 residents call 34972 home, typically aged 39.

Taken together, 34972 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. DLRadar currently tracks 168 individual distressed properties in 34972, each with owner, address, APN, a per-property distress score, bank-exposure read and exit-velocity estimate.