ZIP 97209 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 97209 in Multnomah County, Oregon comes in at 26, a low composite-distress reading. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (51/100), institutional ownership (28/100). institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 55/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 11/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 17.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Owners hold 22% of homes, renters 78%. Median household income is $84,059, near the U.S. median near $78,000. About 66% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Population is roughly 21,727 with a median age of 37. The vacancy rate is 10.6%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 42/100. There are about 16,733 housing units across 97209. A median home runs $587,300 here, or 6.8 times local income.

Overall, 97209 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 97209 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 97209 runs hot or quiet, its 26/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 97209 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Multnomah County, Oregon or nationwide. 97209 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 26/100 figure for 97209 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. In workflow terms, 97209 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.