ZIP 70071 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 70071 (St. James County, Louisiana) lands at 33/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100). On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 10/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (87/100), structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (33/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.5% year on year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $53,696 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 6.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. About 16% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 1,442 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 70071 scores 39/100. The vacancy rate is 17.7% — elevated. A median home runs $222,100 here, or 3.6 times local income. About 3,123 people live here, median age 57.

Net-net, 70071 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.