ZIP 97236 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 97236 in Multnomah County, Oregon carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (71/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (27/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 3/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.8% year on year, and 3% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 18.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 44/100. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. At $68,582, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 4.5%. About 37,864 people live here, median age 38. 59% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $436,100 (6.0× income). The ZIP holds roughly 13,673 housing units.

Net-net, 97236 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.