ZIP 45898 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 45898 in Van Wert County, Ohio carries a composite property-distress score of 8/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (32/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structurally it carries 18/100, against 1/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.9% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $141,300 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). Around 8% of renters are cost-burdened. About 908 people live here, median age 44. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. Vacancy runs 11.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $54,063 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 415 housing units. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 9.6%.

Net-net, 45898 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. While 45898 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 45898 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 8/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Van Wert County, Ohio and the nation. Sparse data for 45898 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

45898's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 45898 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.