ZIP 94521 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Contra Costa County, California's ZIP 94521 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). On the structural side it scores 68/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.2% year on year, and 2% higher over three years (phase confidence 23/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $127,312, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 5.6% — low. The ZIP holds roughly 16,451 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 37/100. About 41,118 people live here, median age 43. Around 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 3.0%. The typical home is worth about $853,200 (6.5× income). 73% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 94521 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.