ZIP 70052 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 70052 (St. James County, Louisiana) lands at 33/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 72 and live distress 10 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100)). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (86/100), structural risk (72/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (33/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.7% year on year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 2% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

81% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 70052 scores 39/100. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. About 2,931 people live here, median age 37. At $66,950, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 1,253 housing units. Rent burden reaches 94% of tenant households. Home values center near $221,700, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible. Roughly 12.1% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 70052 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 70052 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 70052's 33/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in St. James County, Louisiana or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 70052, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

70052's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 70052 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.