ZIP 45601 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 45601 in Ross County, Ohio carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 46/100 against active distress of 2/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (51/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.1% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

69% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $173,100 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Vacancy runs 7.6%. There are about 23,192 housing units across 45601. At $57,430, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 18.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 56,453 residents call 45601 home, typically aged 41. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households.

Overall, 45601 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.