ZIP 93240 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Kern County, California, ZIP 93240 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 68 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (50/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.0% year on year, and 10% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 5,622 people live here, median age 50. Vacancy runs 21.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 29.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $28,535, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 3,388 housing units across 93240. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 53/100. The typical home is worth about $221,000 (7.1× income, severely stretched). Rent burden reaches 75% of tenant households.

Net-net, 93240 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.