ZIP 94501 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 94501 (Alameda County, California) at a low 24/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (53/100), construction/permit lag (23/100), institutional ownership (20/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). The latent-versus-live split is 53/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100)).

The peak-phase market in 94501 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 2% lower over three years (phase confidence 23/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $119,500, above the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 49/100. The vacancy rate is 7.7%. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. 7.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 58% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 27,300 housing units. Population is roughly 63,517 with a median age of 40. Owners hold 42% of homes, renters 58%. Home values center near $1,250,300, an affordability ratio of 10.2× — stretched.

On balance 94501 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.