ZIP 43204 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 43204 (Franklin County, Ohio) at a low 22/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (49/100), construction/permit lag (21/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 49/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.9% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $59,158, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The ZIP holds roughly 19,418 housing units. The poverty rate is 21.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $185,800 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 51% of housing is owner-occupied. 43,444 residents call 43204 home, typically aged 34. The vacancy rate is 9.2%.

Taken together, 43204 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.