ZIP 85256 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 85256 (Maricopa County, Arizona) lands at 34/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (75/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (57/100), construction/permit lag (53/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 75/100 while live distress already moving reads 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 85256 posted values that held roughly flat over the year (phase confidence 11/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $190,500 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). 85% of housing is owner-occupied. About 3,768 people live here, median age 30. The vacancy rate is 10.6%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. The ZIP holds roughly 1,133 housing units. The poverty rate is 30.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 9% have a four-year degree. Median household income is $51,469, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households.

Taken together, 85256 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 85256 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 85256 runs hot or quiet, its 34/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 85256 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Maricopa County, Arizona or nationwide. Where the record is thin for 85256, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 85256's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 85256 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.