ZIP 96002 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Shasta County, California's ZIP 96002 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100). Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 3/100. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (22/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (22/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 3% higher over three years, at 15/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. About 34,023 people live here, median age 39. The poverty rate is 10.4%. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. At $74,230, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 62% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 13,736 housing units. The typical home is worth about $367,200 (4.7× income). Vacancy runs 5.5%.

Overall, 96002 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 96002's 31/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 96002 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

96002'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, 96002 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.