ZIP 97844 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 97844 in Morrow County, Oregon carries a composite property-distress score of 12/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (71/100). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (38/100), structural risk (23/100), mortgage stress (16/100). structural risk (23/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 23/100 against active distress of 5/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.0% over the trailing year, and 53% higher over three years, at 18/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 1,422 housing units across 97844. Vacancy runs 5.4%. Households earn a median $73,917 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 97844 scores 24/100. About 9% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $232,400 here, or 2.9 times local income. Roughly 10.3% live below the poverty line. 3,569 residents call 97844 home, typically aged 37. Rent burden reaches 8% of tenant households.

Overall, 97844 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.