ZIP 43971 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Jefferson County, Ohio's ZIP 43971 registers 15/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100). Leading the profile are structural risk (34/100), institutional ownership (16/100), mortgage stress (9/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. Structural risk reads 34/100 against active distress of 3/100.

The expansion-phase market in 43971 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year (phase confidence 30/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Owners hold 69% of homes, renters 31%. The ZIP holds roughly 576 housing units. About 1,015 people live here, median age 48. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. Home values center near $135,100, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. 16.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 8% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 23.8% — elevated. Median household income is $50,913, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 43971 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 43971 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The 43971 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 15/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 43971 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Jefferson County, Ohio. Where the record is thin for 43971, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 15/100 figure for 43971 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 43971 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.