Kansas Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Kansas, DLRadar turns foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress records into a distress score for every ZIP. Phase-wise, Kansas counties run 93 peak, 7 neutral, 5 expansion. Statewide, counties skew peak, prices up 3.2% on average. 105 counties and 704 ZIPs are tracked statewide, averaging 17/100.

Leading Kansas on distress: Kingman County, Harper County, Haskell County, Cloud County, Sumner County — each with its own report.

The highest-scoring Kansas ZIPs are 66842 (32/100), 67002 (32/100), 67010 (32/100), 67012 (32/100), 67041 (32/100) — open any for the parcel read.

A county-level read across Kansas follows.

DLRadar reads Allen County as peak — up 2.9% on the year, lender pressure 67/100. In Anderson County, peak: homes +2.9% YoY, bank stress 53/100. Atchison County — peak, homes +3.5% YoY, headwind 34/100. Barber County is in its peak phase, up 2.9% on the year, bank stress 53/100. In Barton County, peak: up 3.5% on the year, headwind 32/100. Bourbon County reads peak — prices up 2.9%, bank stress 42/100. In Brown County, peak: values rising 2.9%, headwind 32/100.

Butler County — neutral, values rising 4.4%, a 72/100 lender reading. Chase County sits in peak, prices up 3.5%, lender pressure 59/100. Chautauqua County: peak, homes +2.9% YoY, bank stress 27/100. Cherokee County sits in peak, appreciation near 2.0%, 1.5% off peak, a 37/100 lender reading. Cheyenne County: peak, up 2.9% on the year. Clark County is peak (homes +2.9% YoY, a 47/100 lender reading). Clay County: peak, appreciation near 2.9%, headwind 65/100.

Cloud County sits in peak, values rising 2.9%, bank stress 84/100. Coffey County reads peak — prices up 2.9%, lender pressure 36/100. Comanche County sits in peak, values rising 2.9%, lender pressure 22/100. Cowley County: peak, up 3.5% on the year, bank stress 46/100. Crawford County: peak, appreciation near 3.5%, bank stress 52/100. Decatur County reads peak — up 2.9% on the year, a 37/100 lender reading. Dickinson County is peak (up 2.9% on the year, lender pressure 41/100).

Doniphan County sits in peak, appreciation near 2.6%, bank stress 33/100. Douglas County is peak (prices up 4.5%, headwind 41/100). DLRadar reads Edwards County as peak — appreciation near 2.9%. In Elk County, peak: homes +2.9% YoY, headwind 49/100. Ellis County reads peak — values rising 3.5%, a 47/100 lender reading. Ellsworth County is in its peak phase, homes +2.9% YoY, bank stress 44/100. Finney County — peak, homes +3.5% YoY, bank stress 31/100.

In Ford County, peak: prices up 3.5%, a 21/100 lender reading. In Franklin County, peak: values rising 3.5%, lender pressure 54/100. Geary County is neutral (prices up 4.7%, headwind 50/100). DLRadar reads Gove County as peak — appreciation near 2.9%, bank stress 24/100. Graham County is peak (up 2.9% on the year, bank stress 69/100). DLRadar reads Grant County as peak — appreciation near 2.9%, bank stress 51/100. Gray County is peak (values rising 2.9%, bank stress 31/100).

Greeley County sits in peak, appreciation near 2.9%, lender pressure 36/100. Greenwood County: peak, homes +2.9% YoY, a 57/100 lender reading. Hamilton County: peak, appreciation near 2.9%, lender pressure 45/100. Harper County — peak, up 2.9% on the year, lender pressure 95/100. Harvey County sits in neutral, homes +4.4% YoY, bank stress 54/100. DLRadar reads Haskell County as peak — appreciation near 2.9%, lender pressure 93/100. Hodgeman County: peak, homes +2.9% YoY, lender pressure 57/100.

Jackson County — expansion, up 5.1% on the year. Jefferson County sits in expansion, up 5.1% on the year, bank stress 38/100. Jewell County: peak, appreciation near 2.9%, a 81/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Johnson County as peak — homes +2.8% YoY, a 44/100 lender reading. Kearny County — peak, up 2.9% on the year, bank stress 70/100. In Kingman County, peak: appreciation near 2.9%, bank stress 100/100. Kiowa County is peak (up 2.9% on the year).

In Labette County, peak: up 2.9% on the year, headwind 46/100.

Kansas opportunity phases: 47 weak, 34 early_signal, 11 peak_opportunity, 10 watchlist, 2 strong_buy, 1 overheated; Kansas average index 28.7. Best-ranked Kansas counties: Hamilton #25 (39.8), construction; Seward #145 (36.4), construction; Woodson #178 (36.1), vacancy in Kansas; Decatur #182 (36.0), construction; Pratt #233 (35.5), construction; Wichita #244 (35.4), construction.

Kansas mortgages ninety-plus days late: 0.8%; Kansas thirty-to-eighty-nine days late 2.0% (December 2025); 3 Kansas counties sit in the CFPB sample; highest Kansas county readings: Sedgwick 0.7%, Shawnee 0.6%, Johnson 0.4%.

Kansas county unemployment averages 4.2% across 105 counties; Kansas permitted 12,159 housing units in twelve months (3,884 multifamily); 119,575 of 1,293,635 Kansas housing units are vacant; 384,404 Kansas renter households, 31.4% spending 30%+ of income on rent.

Kansas ZIP price-cycle phases: 1,542 peak, 178 contraction, 141 neutral, 100 expansion, 1 recovery.