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

Every ZIP in Starke County, Indiana carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. DLRadar scores 11 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 16/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 49/100 (moderate). Individual Starke County ZIPs score between 13 and 20 on the 0–100 composite.

In its expansion phase, Starke County home prices rose 5.1% across the last year (phase confidence 30/100). Under a rising market, pockets of distress persist which the scoring still flags.

Even appreciating at +5.1% YoY (30/100 confidence), well-bought parcels resell faster which speeds resale of distressed buys. A mid-cycle 49/100 lender reading means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

By composite, 46563 (20/100), 46574 (20/100), 46511 (19/100), 46532 (19/100), 46531 (15/100), 46366 (14/100) top the county — tap any ZIP to go deeper. The breakdown continues through 46374, 46534, 46960, 46968, 46996 and more.

Underneath the scores, Starke County's scored ZIPs run an owner-occupied share of 83%, household income averaging about $65,516, below the national median, residents with a median age around 43.3, 12.6% of households below the poverty line, median home values around $165,364 (below the national figure), vacancy near 19.4%. Read together, they signal the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

Starke County, Indiana's 16/100 average over 11 ZIPs says distress here is parcel-specific where the ZIP scores point. Subscribers get each Starke County parcel's owner, address and APN, score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity estimate.

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

Treat Starke County, Indiana as a ranked list, not a single market: the spread between its strongest and weakest ZIPs is where the acquisition margin actually sits. These Starke 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, Starke County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 46563 (20/100), 46574 (20/100), 46511 (19/100), 46532 (19/100), 46531 (15/100), 46366 (14/100). DLRadar also scores 46374, 46534, 46960, 46968, 46996 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.

The Starke County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.