ZIP 97204 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 97204 (Multnomah County, Oregon) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Structurally it carries 64/100, against 0/100 of stress already in motion. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (42/100), construction/permit lag (41/100).

The peak-phase market in 97204 posted values that rose 1.0% over the year (phase confidence 11/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 932 with a median age of 37. The ZIP holds roughly 402 housing units. 6% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 64% of tenant households. Roughly 50.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 0.0%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 68/100.

Taken together, 97204 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 97204 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The 97204 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 29/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 97204 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Multnomah County, Oregon. Where the record is thin for 97204, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 29/100 for 97204 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 97204 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.