ZIP 97543 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 97543 in Josephine County, Oregon carries a composite property-distress score of 50/100 — a high reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Structural risk reads 66/100 against active distress of 0/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (66/100), insurance pressure (62/100), institutional ownership (50/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100).

The contraction-phase market in 97543 posted values that fell 6.5% over the year, 6.5% off the recent peak, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 100/100). Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

12.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 18% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $641,600 here. The vacancy rate is 28.9% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 97543 scores 56/100. The ZIP holds roughly 281 housing units. Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households. About 732 people live here, median age 59. Owners hold 63% of homes, renters 37%.

Taken together, 97543 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 97543 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 97543 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 50/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Josephine County, Oregon and the nation. Where the record is thin for 97543, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 97543 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 50/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 97543 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.