ZIP 96016 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 96016 in Shasta County, California carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 53 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (53/100), construction/permit lag (32/100), institutional ownership (20/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

The contraction-phase market in 96016 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, 2.8% off the recent peak, at 36/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

Population is roughly 297 with a median age of 66. Owners hold 80% of homes, renters 20%. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 24.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $316,100, an affordability ratio of 4.7×. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 46/100. There are about 196 housing units across 96016. Median household income is $52,137, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. 26.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On the whole, 96016 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.