ZIP 97217 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Multnomah County, Oregon · Distress market
ZIP code 97217 in Multnomah County, Oregon carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (51/100), institutional ownership (28/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) register low. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 3/100.
The peak-phase market in 97217 posted values that rose 1.0% over the year, and 2% lower over three years, at 11/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Vacancy runs 4.9%. 58% of housing is owner-occupied. About 34,756 people live here, median age 38. About 59% have a four-year degree. Around 36% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. There are about 17,623 housing units across 97217. The poverty rate is 10.9%. Home values center near $578,700, an affordability ratio of 5.7×. At $100,387, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.
Overall, 97217 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 97217 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Whether 97217 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 97217 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Multnomah County, Oregon or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 97217, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
The 26/100 for 97217 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 97217 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
ZIP 97217 distress signals, scored
Unpaid tax, corporate ownership share, insurance cost pressure, NFIP flood risk, construction slowdown, price gaps and auction turnover — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
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