ZIP 90740 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 90740 (Orange County, California) lands at 29/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.2% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 14,243 housing units across 90740. 76% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 10.3%. At $82,427, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 5.5% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. 24,382 residents call 90740 home, typically aged 61. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $484,100 (5.9× income). Around 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Overall, 90740 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.