ZIP 70131 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 70131 in Orleans County, Louisiana carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100). What sets it apart are the readings on 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 3% lower over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $237,700 here, or 3.7 times local income. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. There are about 11,844 housing units across 70131. Roughly 16.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 25,460 people live here, median age 39. Households earn a median $64,294 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 15.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 36% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 70131 scores 32/100.

Net-net, 70131 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.