ZIP 70040 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 70040 in Plaquemines County, Louisiana carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (72/100). Structural exposure scores 83 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (69/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.7% over the trailing year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 17% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $78,194, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 10.6%. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented. There are about 509 housing units across 70040. Roughly 9.5% live below the poverty line. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 17/100. The typical home is worth about $159,100 (1.4× income, relatively affordable). Population is roughly 978 with a median age of 54.

Net-net, 70040 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 70040 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 70040 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 37/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 70040 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Plaquemines County, Louisiana. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 70040 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 70040'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. Treat 70040 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.