ZIP 92679 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Orange County, California's ZIP 92679 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 62/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100).

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 12/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $1,323,600 here, or 6.0 times local income. Roughly 3.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 10,998 housing units across 92679. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Households earn a median $207,652 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 30,966 people live here, median age 46. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Around 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 3.5%.

Net-net, 92679 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. While 92679 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 92679 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 27/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Orange County, California and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 92679, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

92679's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 92679 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.