ZIP 43204 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 43204 in Franklin County, Ohio comes in at 26, a low composite-distress reading. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (64/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100).

The peak-phase market in 43204 posted values that rose 3.0% over the year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $59,158 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 43204 scores 33/100. There are about 19,418 housing units across 43204. 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). Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. 51% of housing is owner-occupied. About 43,444 people live here, median age 34. Vacancy runs 9.2%.

On the whole, 43204 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 43204 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Big metro or rural, 43204 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 26/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Franklin County, Ohio and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 43204, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

43204's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 43204 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.