ZIP 81501 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 81501 in Mesa County, Colorado carries a composite property-distress score of 18/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100). Structural exposure scores 38 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (76/100)).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.4% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years, at 64/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The poverty rate is 18.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. Households earn a median $48,500 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 11,461 housing units across 81501. About 27% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 5.6%. 24,142 residents call 81501 home, typically aged 36. On demographic stress specifically, 81501 scores 41/100. The tenure split is 47% owner-occupied to 53% rented. The typical home is worth about $314,700 (5.8× income).

Net-net, 81501 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 81501 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 81501 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 18/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 81501 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Mesa County, Colorado. 81501 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

81501's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 81501 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.