ZIP 44121 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Affordable market
ZIP code 44121 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The split runs 47/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground. Its standout signals are structural risk (47/100), institutional ownership (20/100), mortgage stress (9/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
About 32,668 people live here, median age 38. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. Roughly 9.4% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 44121 scores 22/100. The ZIP holds roughly 14,512 housing units. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $144,800 (1.7× income, relatively affordable). Households earn a median $75,621 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 9.0%. Educational attainment sits at 41% bachelor's-or-above.
On balance 44121 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 44121 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
Whether 44121 runs hot or quiet, its 21/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 44121 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Cuyahoga County, Ohio or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 44121 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 21/100 for 44121 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 44121 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
ZIP 44121 distress signals, scored
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