ZIP 70052 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 70052 (St. James County, Louisiana) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 10 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (87/100), structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). mortgage stress (33/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, and 2% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 39/100. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. 2,931 residents call 70052 home, typically aged 37. Median household income is $66,950, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 1,253 housing units across 70052. Rent burden reaches 94% of tenant households. Home values center near $221,700, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible. 12.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 70052 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.