ZIP 70438 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 70438 in Washington County, Louisiana carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 74 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (81/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (74/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (59/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100).

The neutral-phase market in 70438 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The typical home is worth about $168,400 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 14.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 9,385 housing units across 70438. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. Population is roughly 19,935 with a median age of 41. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 19.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $50,667, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On the whole, 70438 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.