Highlands County, FL: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Highlands County, Florida using verifiable public-record signals alone. ZIP-level distress ranges from 34/100 at the top down to 24/100. 9 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 31/100 distress. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 0/100 (low).

The expansion-phase county posted home values that rose 5.3% over twelve months and 1.3% down from peak, at 69/100 phase confidence. Even as prices climb, pockets of distress persist and the breakdown below pinpoints them.

At +5.3% YoY (69/100 confidence), well-bought parcels resell faster — and a rising tide cleans up those exits. A low 0/100 bank headwind favors tax delinquency, probate and liens.

By composite, 33825 (34/100), 33852 (32/100), 33857 (32/100), 33870 (32/100), 33872 (32/100), 33875 (32/100) top the county — tap any ZIP to go deeper. Also scored across the county: 33876, 33960, 34974.

On the housing-and-income side, Highlands County's tracked footprint come in at household income averaging about $54,957, below the national median, 83% owner-occupancy, 16.8% of households below the poverty line, 23.8% of units sitting vacant, home values averaging roughly $193,122, below the US, residents with a median age around 54.2. Taken together, they signal the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

With a moderate 31/100 reading over 9 ZIPs, Highlands County rewards parcel-by-parcel work and not a county-wide play. Unlock Highlands County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

The distress read for Highlands County, Florida is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Highlands County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

Treat Highlands County, Florida as a ranked list, not a single market: the spread between its strongest and weakest ZIPs is where the acquisition margin actually sits. These Highlands County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

Drilling in, Highlands County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 33825 (34/100), 33852 (32/100), 33857 (32/100), 33870 (32/100), 33872 (32/100), 33875 (32/100). DLRadar also scores 33876, 33960, 34974 across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

DLRadar's composite for Highlands County blends several independent signals — foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, and the bank-stress headwind of the lenders operating locally — into one 0–100 score per ZIP, so a market can rank high on one axis and low on another.