ZIP 44149 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 44149's composite property-distress score is 21/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Structural risk reads 46/100 against active distress of 3/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (19/100), mortgage stress (9/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100).

The peak-phase market in 44149 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 23% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 8,612 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. Population is roughly 21,042 with a median age of 47. Owners hold 94% of homes, renters 6%. Vacancy runs 2.9%. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. 3.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 51% bachelor's-or-above. The typical home is worth about $308,300 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $114,107, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

Broadly, 44149 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. 44149 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 44149 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 21/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 44149 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Each component behind 44149 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 21/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 44149 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.