ZIP 43224 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 43224 in Franklin County, Ohio carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. 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. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $50,934, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 8.7%. 52% of housing is owner-occupied. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. Population is roughly 44,096 with a median age of 34. 20.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. A median home runs $170,800 here, or 3.1 times local income. About 22% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 19,035 housing units.

Net-net, 43224 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.

Whether 43224 runs hot or quiet, its 26/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 43224 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Franklin County, Ohio or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 43224 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

43224's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 43224 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.