ZIP 70743 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

St. James County, Louisiana's ZIP 70743 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (87/100), structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (33/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100). On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 10/100 of stress already active.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.5% year on year (phase confidence 24/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 756 people live here, median age 37. About 16% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 92% owner-occupied to 8% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 70743 scores 18/100. Households earn a median $142,571 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 0.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. A median home runs $194,000 here, or 1.3 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 250 housing units. The vacancy rate is 7.4%.

Net-net, 70743 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.