ZIP 85266 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 85266 in Maricopa County, Arizona carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (62/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100). On the structural side it scores 79/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.2% year on year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $157,137, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 4.8% — low. The ZIP holds roughly 6,467 housing units. The vacancy rate is 13.1% — elevated. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 67% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The typical home is worth about $1,128,500 (6.5× income). About 12,510 people live here, median age 63. 97% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 85266 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.