ZIP 43608 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 43608 (Lucas County, Ohio) at a low 25/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (7/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100). Structural risk reads 56/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, and 27% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $28,535, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 54% of renters are cost-burdened. 46.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 10% bachelor's-or-above. About 14,158 people live here, median age 34. The typical home is worth about $49,500 (1.4× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. Owners hold 53% of homes, renters 47%. There are about 6,257 housing units across 43608.

Taken together, 43608 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 43608 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 43608 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 43608 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Lucas County, Ohio. Where the public record is thin for 43608, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 43608 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 25/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 43608 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.