Dekalb County, IN: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Dekalb County, IN, Indiana: 14 ZIP codes scored, Dekalb County, IN averaging 17/100 (low, Dekalb, IN), from 11 to 28. Dekalb County, IN is in its peak phase (Dekalb, IN confidence 26/100): Dekalb, IN home prices up 4.3% (Dekalb, IN) over twelve months. Dekalb County, IN lender headwind: 65/100.

Highest-scoring Dekalb County, IN ZIPs: 46748 (28/100), 46788 (22/100), 46710 (18/100), 46755 (18/100), 46763 (18/100), 46706 (17/100). Also scored in Dekalb County, IN: 46721, 46730, 46738, 46785, 46793, 46705, 46742, 46747.

Across Dekalb County, IN's scored ZIPs: median home value $215,400, household income $75,571, 10.7% vacancy, 8.2% poverty, 85% owner-occupied, median age 39.6.

Dekalb County, IN insurance distress 22/100 (#2,057 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Dekalb, IN; 2 federal disaster declarations in Dekalb County, IN since 2023; 1 Dekalb, IN NFIP flood claims, $31K paid; Dekalb, IN construction distress 58/100.

12 banks with 16 branches lend in Dekalb County, IN; Dekalb, IN weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 90/100 in Dekalb, IN.

Dekalb County, IN unemployment 3.2%; 104 new housing units permitted in Dekalb County, IN over twelve months, Dekalb, IN down 10% from 116; Dekalb, IN home prices +10.0% a year (Dekalb, IN) over three years.

18,384 housing units in Dekalb County, IN; 3,014 Dekalb, IN renter households; 34% of Dekalb, IN renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 16% (Dekalb, IN) half or more.

Dekalb County, IN ranks #1,676 nationally on the opportunity index (Dekalb, IN, among all ranked counties); Dekalb, IN scores 28.8/100 and Dekalb, IN sits #48 inside Indiana. Dekalb, IN is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Dekalb, IN's primary driver is bank institutional, Dekalb, IN second driver construction; Dekalb, IN moved up 438 places. 6 short-sale listings across Dekalb, IN; 69 days on market observed in Dekalb, IN; 7.5% vacancy over 14 Dekalb, IN ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Dekalb County, IN. The non-metro area reading for Dekalb, IN: 1.0% ninety-plus days late; Dekalb, IN's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.1% (Dekalb, IN, December 2025 data); Indiana overall 1.0%.

Dekalb County, IN has 7 watched banks; 7 Dekalb, IN banks sit in an elevated band. Dekalb, IN footprints: Garrett State Bank (3 branches, stress 52) in Dekalb, IN; Horizon Bank (2 branches, stress 48) in Dekalb, IN; Community State Bank (1 branch, stress 74) in Dekalb, IN.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Dekalb County, IN with 132 units; 72 Dekalb, IN units are assisted, 1 Dekalb, IN properties under project-based Section 8.

1,288 of the 18,384 housing units in Dekalb, IN sit vacant. Dekalb County, IN permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Dekalb, IN's one-to-four unit structures added 104 units in Dekalb County, IN.