ZIP 70518 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Lafayette County, Louisiana, ZIP 70518 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (90/100)). Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 8/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 3% higher over three years (phase confidence 56/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $103,574, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 8.3%. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households. Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The typical home is worth about $297,900 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. 16,667 residents call 70518 home, typically aged 34. Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. There are about 7,010 housing units across 70518.

Overall, 70518 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 70518 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 70518's 36/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 70518 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 70518's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For an operator, 70518 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.