ZIP 81523 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 81523 (Mesa County, Colorado) at a low 19/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (76/100)). On the structural side it scores 42/100, with 1/100 of stress already active.

The expansion-phase market in 81523 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 17% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. About 27% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $102,830 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 4.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Population is roughly 839 with a median age of 61. On demographic stress specifically, 81523 scores 41/100. A median home runs $761,200 here, or 7.6 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 723 housing units. The vacancy rate is 23.9% — elevated.

On the whole, 81523 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.