ZIP 96137 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Lassen County, California's ZIP 96137 registers 13/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (76/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (26/100), mortgage stress (11/100), institutional ownership (11/100). institutional ownership (11/100) and construction/permit lag (6/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 26 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.3% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. A median home runs $414,900 here, or 6.3 times local income. Roughly 15.1% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. There are about 3,941 housing units across 96137. About 26% have a four-year degree. 2,717 residents call 96137 home, typically aged 57. On demographic stress specifically, 96137 scores 45/100. Vacancy runs 67.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $63,480 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 96137 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.