ZIP 96056 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Lassen County, California's ZIP 96056 registers 16/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (74/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (35/100), construction/permit lag (26/100), institutional ownership (10/100). institutional ownership (10/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 35 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 0.8% over the trailing year, and 50% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 95% owner-occupied to 5% rented. Vacancy runs 31.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 925 housing units across 96056. On demographic stress specifically, 96056 scores 40/100. 1,535 residents call 96056 home, typically aged 53. Households earn a median $88,359 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $375,600 here, or 4.7 times local income. Rent burden reaches 82% of tenant households. Roughly 12.6% live below the poverty line. About 33% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 96056 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.