ZIP 47243 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Jefferson County, Indiana's ZIP 47243 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (54/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Structural risk reads 66/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.4% year on year, and 19% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $183,900, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households. There are about 2,199 housing units across 47243. 9.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. Vacancy runs 12.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $66,333, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. About 6,235 people live here, median age 33. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100.

Net-net, 47243 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.