ZIP 81503 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 81503 in Mesa County, Colorado carries a composite property-distress score of 19/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (3/100). institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 42/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (76/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $71,681, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 12.6%. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16,132 residents call 81503 home, typically aged 40. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. The typical home is worth about $352,100 (4.3× income). The ZIP holds roughly 6,739 housing units. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 5.6%.

Overall, 81503 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.