ZIP 85262 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Maricopa County, Arizona's ZIP 85262 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100)). Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 7/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (78/100), construction/permit lag (64/100), institutional ownership (58/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 4% higher over three years (phase confidence 11/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 8,733 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. At $173,795, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 60% have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth about $1,287,300 (6.8× income). Owners hold 97% of homes, renters 3%. Around 13% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 25.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 6.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 13,919 residents call 85262 home, typically aged 61.

Taken together, 85262 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 85262 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 85262 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 35/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 85262 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Maricopa County, Arizona. 85262 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 35/100 for 85262 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 85262 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.