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

Wells County, IN, Indiana: 17 ZIP codes scored, Wells County, IN averaging 12/100 (minimal, Wells, IN), from 4 to 28. Wells County, IN is in its neutral phase (Wells, IN confidence 22/100): Wells, IN home prices up 4.2% (Wells, IN) over twelve months. Wells County, IN lender headwind: 49/100.

Highest-scoring Wells County, IN ZIPs: 46798 (28/100), 46952 (26/100), 46991 (25/100), 46783 (16/100), 46799 (16/100), 46740 (14/100). Also scored in Wells County, IN: 46792, 46770, 46777, 46714, 46731, 46759, 46766, 46778, 46781, 46791.

Across Wells County, IN's scored ZIPs: median home value $189,453, household income $67,649, 6.3% vacancy, 9.2% poverty, 83% owner-occupied, median age 40.6.

Wells County, IN insurance distress 0/100 (#2,671 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Wells, IN; 2 federal disaster declarations in Wells County, IN since 2023; Wells, IN construction distress 18/100.

6 banks with 7 branches lend in Wells County, IN; Wells, IN weighted bank stress 62/100, highest 90/100 in Wells, IN.

Wells County, IN unemployment 2.7% (Wells, IN -0.3 pts, six months); 120 new housing units permitted in Wells County, IN over twelve months, Wells, IN up 38% from 87; Wells, IN home prices +10.1% a year (Wells, IN) over three years.

12,074 housing units in Wells County, IN; 2,704 Wells, IN renter households; 33% of Wells, IN renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 15% (Wells, IN) half or more.

Wells County, IN ranks #3,152 nationally on the opportunity index (Wells, IN, among all ranked counties); Wells, IN scores 21.3/100 and Wells, IN sits #92 inside Indiana. Wells, IN is in the weak opportunity phase; Wells, IN's primary driver is bank institutional, Wells, IN second driver vacancy; Wells, IN moved up 20 places. 4 short-sale listings across Wells, IN; 113 days on market observed in Wells, IN; 6.2% vacancy over 17 Wells, IN ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Wells County, IN. The metro area reading for Wells, IN (Fort Wayne, IN): 0.9% ninety-plus days late; Wells, IN's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.1% (Wells, IN, December 2025 data); Indiana overall 1.0%.

Wells County, IN has 3 watched banks; 3 Wells, IN banks sit in an elevated band. Wells, IN footprints: First Merchants Bank (1 branch, stress 65) in Wells, IN; First Bank Of Berne (1 branch, stress 60) in Wells, IN; 1st Source Bank (1 branch, stress 38) in Wells, IN.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Wells County, IN with 198 units; 14 Wells, IN units are assisted.

528 of the 12,074 housing units in Wells, IN sit vacant. Wells County, IN permitted 34 multifamily units in twelve months; Wells, IN's one-to-four unit structures added 86 units in Wells County, IN.