ZIP 97830 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 97830 in Wheeler County, Oregon carries a composite property-distress score of 9/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (42/100), mortgage stress (19/100), structural risk (18/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) and structural risk (18/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 18/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.3% year on year (phase confidence 24/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $43,750, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 11.1%. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 621 people live here, median age 61. The vacancy rate is 24.4% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $250,000 (4.3× income). Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 437 housing units.

Net-net, 97830 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.