ZIP 90042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 90042 (Los Angeles County, California) lands at 36/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (73/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (27/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 78/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.2% year on year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 23/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $976,400, an affordability ratio of 10.0× — stretched. The ZIP holds roughly 22,639 housing units. Median household income is $94,401, above the U.S. median near $78,000. About 58,344 people live here, median age 38. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 51/100. Educational attainment sits at 40% bachelor's-or-above. 10.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 46% of homes, renters 54%. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 5.0%.

Net-net, 90042 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.