ZIP 85018 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 85018 in Maricopa County, Arizona carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (62/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 85018 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $862,000, an affordability ratio of 9.2× — stretched. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. Population is roughly 38,268 with a median age of 39. Educational attainment sits at 57% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 10.5%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 45/100. There are about 19,604 housing units across 85018. 9.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 55% of homes, renters 45%. Median household income is $87,637, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

On balance 85018 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.