ZIP 85042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 85042 (Maricopa County, Arizona) at a moderate 36/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (62/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). On the structural side it scores 79/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100)).

The peak-phase market in 85042 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 2% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $86,837, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 45,575 with a median age of 34. Educational attainment sits at 32% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $398,000, an affordability ratio of 4.1×. 15.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 4.8%. The ZIP holds roughly 16,609 housing units. Owners hold 67% of homes, renters 33%.

On balance 85042 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.