ZIP 70605 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Calcasieu County, Louisiana, ZIP 70605 scores 39 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 88/100 against active distress of 8/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (88/100), institutional ownership (66/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100).

The market reads recovery — home values rose 2.1% year on year, 3.1% off the recent peak, and 0% lower over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $308,700 here, or 3.3 times local income. There are about 18,224 housing units across 70605. About 40,715 people live here, median age 35. On demographic stress specifically, 70605 scores 30/100. The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $88,337 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 10.0% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. About 42% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 70605 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.