ZIP 44253 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 44253 (Medina County, Ohio) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (75/100). The pressure is most legible in structural risk (37/100), construction/permit lag (36/100), institutional ownership (7/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (7/100) and mortgage stress (3/100). The split runs 37/100 structural to 1/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year, and 28% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 3,781 with a median age of 45. The ZIP holds roughly 1,348 housing units. Vacancy runs 3.2%. About 23% have a four-year degree. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 74% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Households earn a median $87,188 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Home values center near $283,300, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. The poverty rate is 10.2%.

On balance, 44253 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The 44253 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 17/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 44253 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Medina County, Ohio. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 44253, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 44253's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Treat 44253 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.