ZIP 45698 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 45698 in Vinton County, Ohio carries a composite property-distress score of 2/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Leading the profile are structural risk (4/100), institutional ownership (3/100). structural risk (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structurally it carries 4/100, against 0/100 of stress already in motion.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Median household income is $57,188, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 15.1% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 226 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 45698 scores 59/100. 14.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 449 people live here, median age 60. Owners hold 100% of homes, renters 0%. About 9% have a four-year degree. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened.

On the whole, 45698 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 45698 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The number is not local guesswork: 45698's 2/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the record is thin for 45698, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 45698'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. For an operator, 45698 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.