ZIP 94597 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 94597 (Contra Costa County, California) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (6/100). Structural exposure scores 68 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 94597 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 5% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 24,235 with a median age of 37. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. Home values center near $1,026,800, an affordability ratio of 6.9×. Vacancy runs 4.7%. There are about 11,249 housing units across 94597. 7.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 46% of homes, renters 54%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 38/100. Educational attainment sits at 66% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $142,685, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

On balance 94597 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.