ZIP 34997 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Martin County, Florida, ZIP 34997 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (27/100) register low. Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 8/100.

The market reads contraction — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 11% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. A cooling market tends to open discount-to-value windows.

A median home runs $378,900 here, or 4.4 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 34997 scores 34/100. About 45,947 people live here, median age 53. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. Roughly 10.5% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 13.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $75,705 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 30% have a four-year degree. There are about 22,259 housing units across 34997. Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households.

Net-net, 34997 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.