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

Across Wayne County, Indiana, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 17 to 28 out of 100. DLRadar scores 19 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 26/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 70/100 (elevated).

In its peak phase, Wayne County home prices rose 4.3% across the last year, at 26/100 phase confidence. This late in the run, blanket buying underperforms so screen ZIP by ZIP.

At +4.3% YoY and 26/100 confidence, selectivity rules well beyond the county average. Bank stress at 70/100 signals what's coming: banks under pressure move REO faster.

Highest scores land in 47324 (28/100), 47327 (28/100), 47330 (28/100), 47335 (28/100), 47339 (28/100), 47341 (28/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Further scored ZIPs: 47345, 47346, 47354, 47370, 47374, 47392, 47393, 47357, 47358, 47360.

Profile-wise, the Wayne County ZIPs on file report vacancy near 11.9%, a median age of 42.6, a 12% poverty rate, median home values around $136,947 (below the national figure), incomes around $58,305, 81% owner-occupancy. These fundamentals signal the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

Net of it all, 26/100 over 19 ZIPs means distress here is parcel-specific where the ZIP scores point. A DLRadar subscription opens every Wayne County parcel: owner, address and APN, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

Because Wayne County, Indiana is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Wayne County against neighboring markets or the rest of Indiana on equal footing.

Scores in Wayne County, Indiana exist to concentrate effort: a handful of ZIPs hold most of the distress, and the rest seldom justify the acquisition cost. All Wayne County inputs are public record — recorder, court, FHFA and FDIC — and the score is rebuilt on ingest rather than modelled forward.

The ZIP breakdown for Wayne County leads with 47324 (28/100), 47327 (28/100), 47330 (28/100), 47335 (28/100), 47339 (28/100), 47341 (28/100). DLRadar also scores 47345, 47346, 47354, 47370, 47374, 47392, 47393, 47357 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

Under Wayne County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.