ZIP 70072 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Jefferson County, Louisiana's ZIP 70072 registers 38/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural risk reads 84/100 against active distress of 8/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (84/100), institutional ownership (75/100), construction/permit lag (61/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (28/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (94/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.7% year on year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 3% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 22,840 housing units. Vacancy runs 7.7%. At $55,866, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $193,600, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. Owners hold 75% of homes, renters 25%. 19.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 55,641 people live here, median age 41. Around 50% of renters are cost-burdened.

Overall, 70072 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 70072 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 38/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Jefferson County, Louisiana and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 70072, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 38/100 for 70072 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 70072 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.