ZIP 81501 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 81501 (Mesa County, Colorado) lands at 19/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 42/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (76/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

18.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $48,500, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 11,461 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 27% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 5.6%. About 24,142 people live here, median age 36. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 41/100. Owners hold 47% of homes, renters 53%. Home values center near $314,700, an affordability ratio of 5.8×.

Net-net, 81501 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.