ZIP 70128 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Orleans County, Louisiana, ZIP 70128 scores 37 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (81/100), institutional ownership (75/100), construction/permit lag (56/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (30/100) register low. Structural risk reads 81/100 against active distress of 9/100.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.5% year on year, and 15% lower over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 22,973 people live here, median age 37. A median home runs $240,200 here, or 4.1 times local income. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 70128 scores 38/100. There are about 8,795 housing units across 70128. Households earn a median $53,538 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 10.5%. About 29% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households. Roughly 24.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

Net-net, 70128 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.