ZIP 70508 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 70508 (Lafayette County, Louisiana) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, 1.1% off the recent peak, and 7% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Owners hold 63% of homes, renters 37%. Vacancy runs 10.3%. 39,364 residents call 70508 home, typically aged 38. Median household income is $88,017, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $305,300, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 47% bachelor's-or-above. 13.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 19,138 housing units across 70508. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100.

Overall, 70508 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.