ZIP 85234 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 85234 in Maricopa County, Arizona carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 7/100. 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). 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 85234 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 7% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 49,040 with a median age of 36. Median household income is $118,012, above the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 18,347 housing units across 85234. Vacancy runs 3.9%. Owners hold 75% of homes, renters 25%. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households. 6.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 46% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $550,900, an affordability ratio of 4.1×. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100.

On balance 85234 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.