ZIP 81524 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 81524 in Mesa County, Colorado comes in at 18, a low composite-distress reading. Structural risk reads 38/100 against active distress of 1/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (76/100). Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) register low.

The expansion-phase market in 81524 posted values that rose 7.4% over the year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 64/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. Vacancy runs 7.5%. Population is roughly 2,556 with a median age of 35. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. The typical home is worth about $665,600 (6.6× income). Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 993 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 35% bachelor's-or-above. Households earn a median $109,578 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 2.6% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

On balance, 81524 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. No parcel file is published for 81524 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Big metro or rural, 81524 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 18/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Mesa County, Colorado and the nation. 81524 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

81524's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 81524 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.