ZIP 92602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 92602 in Orange County, California carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100). On the structural side it scores 62/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

The peak-phase market in 92602 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 15% higher over three years, at 12/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 6.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Median household income is $150,406, above the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 10,342 housing units across 92602. The typical home is worth about $1,502,000 (8.8× income, severely stretched). About 74% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 7.3%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 43/100. Population is roughly 27,358 with a median age of 37. Owners hold 45% of homes, renters 55%.

On balance 92602 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 92602 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 92602's 27/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Orange County, California or any ZIP coast to coast. 92602 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 27/100 figure for 92602 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 92602 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.