ZIP 70739 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana's ZIP 70739 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (71/100), structural risk (66/100), mortgage stress (28/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 5,442 housing units across 70739. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $314,400, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Owners hold 96% of homes, renters 4%. Median household income is $105,969, above the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. 13,714 residents call 70739 home, typically aged 40. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 4.8%. 3.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Overall, 70739 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.