ZIP 44842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 44842 in Ashland County, Ohio comes in at 14, a minimal composite-distress reading. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (64/100), structural risk (31/100), mortgage stress (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 31/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The peak-phase market in 44842 posted values that rose 4.5% over the year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 29/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 13.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $206,700 here, or 2.6 times local income. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Households earn a median $71,524 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. There are about 2,511 housing units across 44842. Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above. 5,571 residents call 44842 home, typically aged 47. The poverty rate is 8.8%.

Net-net, 44842 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 44842 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 44842's 14/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 44842, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Each component behind 44842 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 14/100 roll-up. Practically, 44842 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.