ZIP 96114 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Lassen County, California · High Vacancy market
In Lassen County, California, ZIP 96114 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (46/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (6/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (71/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 46/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.
The peak-phase market in 96114 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 7% higher over three years, at 12/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
About 14% have a four-year degree. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 40/100. Around 86% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 1,394 housing units across 96114. Households earn a median $70,000 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The typical home is worth about $338,600 (4.3× income). The poverty rate is 5.9% — low. 75% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 2,797 with a median age of 53. The vacancy rate is 17.1% — elevated.
Taken together, 96114 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.
The number is not local guesswork: 96114's 21/100 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 on ingest; 96114 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
96114's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 96114 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
Signal-by-signal read on 96114
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
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