ZIP 43144 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 43144 in Hocking County, Ohio carries a composite property-distress score of 13/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 29/100 against active distress of 2/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (29/100), institutional ownership (16/100), mortgage stress (8/100). mortgage stress (8/100) and construction/permit lag (5/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.9% over the trailing year, at 33/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

81% of housing is owner-occupied. At $38,409, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 326 residents call 43144 home, typically aged 45. Rent burden reaches 14% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 22.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 178 housing units across 43144. The typical home is worth about $81,700 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Around 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 22.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 43144 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.