ZIP 35243 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Jefferson County, Alabama · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 35243 in Jefferson County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (57/100), mortgage stress (24/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) and construction/permit lag (7/100) register low. Structural risk reads 61/100 against active distress of 7/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), FEMA disaster exposure (75/100).
The peak-phase market in 35243 posted values that rose 2.7% over the year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Educational attainment sits at 70% bachelor's-or-above. The poverty rate is 6.4% — low. Median household income is $99,063, above the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 10,186 housing units across 35243. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 17,776 people live here, median age 39. A median home runs $538,400 here, or 4.9 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 35243 scores 31/100. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. 53% of housing is owner-occupied.
Net-net, 35243 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 35243 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.
The number is not local guesswork: 35243's 28/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the record is thin for 35243, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.
Each component behind 35243 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 28/100 roll-up. For an operator, 35243 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
ZIP 35243 distress signals, scored
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
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