ZIP 43971 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 43971 (Jefferson County, Ohio) lands at 23/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (9/100). Structural exposure scores 53 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 43971 posted values that rose 9.3% over the year, 2.0% off the recent peak, at 74/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The tenure split is 69% owner-occupied to 31% rented. There are about 576 housing units across 43971. Population is roughly 1,015 with a median age of 48. On demographic stress specifically, 43971 scores 32/100. A median home runs $135,100 here, or 2.3 times local income. Roughly 16.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 8% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 23.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $50,913 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 43971 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.