ZIP 70661 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 70661 (Calcasieu County, Louisiana) returns a moderate composite of 34/100. The split runs 77/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground. Its standout signals are structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (67/100), institutional ownership (66/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year, at 67/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $83,700 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). 40.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 70661 scores 32/100. Population is roughly 1,712 with a median age of 50. Vacancy runs 26.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The ZIP holds roughly 947 housing units. Median household income is $32,763, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 14% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households.

Taken together, 70661 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 70661 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 34/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 70661 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 34/100 for 70661 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 70661 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.