ZIP 46534 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Starke County, Indiana, ZIP 46534 scores 11 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (25/100), mortgage stress (6/100). mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (5/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 25 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.2% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The typical home is worth about $169,100 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 17.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 11,029 residents call 46534 home, typically aged 43. There are about 5,600 housing units across 46534. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. At $60,248, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 23.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 46534 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.