ZIP 96134 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Modoc County, California, ZIP 96134 scores 16 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Latent structural risk is 36/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (6/100). mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) stay muted.

The contraction-phase market in 96134 posted values that held roughly flat over the year (phase confidence 17/100). Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

Households earn a median $47,609 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 2,347 people live here, median age 39. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 24.4% — elevated. Roughly 19.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The ZIP holds roughly 1,041 housing units. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A median home runs $200,000 here, or 3.4 times local income.

Taken together, 96134 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 96134 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

No ZIP is too small to score: 96134 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 16/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Where the record is thin for 96134, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 16/100 figure for 96134 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 96134 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.