ZIP 70601 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 70601 in Calcasieu County, Louisiana comes in at 36, a moderate composite-distress reading. On the structural side it scores 81/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Its standout signals are structural risk (81/100), construction/permit lag (69/100), institutional ownership (67/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (85/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, and 16% lower over three years (phase confidence 94/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 31,843 with a median age of 38. The typical home is worth about $162,200 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). Households earn a median $49,545 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 24.3% — elevated. The tenure split is 60% owner-occupied to 40% rented. The poverty rate is 27.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 16,565 housing units across 70601. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100.

Net-net, 70601 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.

The 70601 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 36/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 70601 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Calcasieu County, Louisiana. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 70601 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 70601'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. Treat 70601 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.