ZIP 70121 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Jefferson County, Louisiana's ZIP 70121 registers 38/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (84/100), institutional ownership (75/100), construction/permit lag (61/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (94/100). Structural risk reads 84/100 against active distress of 8/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.7% over the trailing year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 2% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 15.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $247,900 here, or 4.0 times local income. 14.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 6,437 housing units. Around 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Median household income is $59,029, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 59% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 10,853 with a median age of 44.

Taken together, 70121 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 70121 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 70121's 38/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Jefferson County, Louisiana or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 70121 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 38/100 figure for 70121 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 70121 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.