ZIP 44281 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 44281 (Medina County, Ohio) at a low 18/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (73/100)). Structural exposure scores 40 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (6/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (6/100) and mortgage stress (2/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $88,128 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 3.8%. Roughly 5.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Educational attainment sits at 42% bachelor's-or-above. The typical home is worth about $278,800 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). 74% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. There are about 14,687 housing units across 44281. 34,073 residents call 44281 home, typically aged 41.

Overall 44281 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. No parcel file is published for 44281 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 44281 runs hot or quiet, its 18/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 44281 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Medina County, Ohio or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 44281, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 18/100 figure for 44281 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 44281 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.