ZIP 70068 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

St. John The Baptist County, Louisiana's ZIP 70068 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100). On the structural side it scores 77/100, with 10/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (85/100), structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (33/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.5% year on year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 13,304 housing units. About 33,041 people live here, median age 37. About 19% have a four-year degree. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $69,334 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $203,200 here, or 2.8 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 70068 scores 29/100. The vacancy rate is 11.6% — elevated. Roughly 11.3% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented.

Net-net, 70068 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.