ZIP 46532 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Starke County, Indiana's ZIP 46532 registers 12/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (37/100), structural risk (26/100), mortgage stress (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) register low. Structural risk reads 26/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.9% year on year, and 17% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 13%. Median household income is $71,339, near the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 655 housing units across 46532. Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above. About 1,628 people live here, median age 42. Vacancy runs 24.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Home values center near $145,100, an affordability ratio of 1.7× — accessible. 12.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 46532 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.