ZIP 44060 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 44060 (Lake County, Ohio) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 2/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (67/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.9% year on year, and 17% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 60,257 people live here, median age 46. Home values center near $245,300, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. There are about 27,581 housing units across 44060. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. Educational attainment sits at 35% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 4.6%. 5.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $85,881, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100.

Overall 44060 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.