Elk County, KS: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Elk County, Kansas is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. ZIP-level distress ranges from 20/100 at the top down to 7/100. 10 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 12/100 distress. On bank and credit headwind, Elk County scores 49/100.

The county market is in a peak phase: home prices rose 2.9% over the past year, at 25/100 phase confidence. On a market plateau, broad sweeps stop paying — the edge is parcel by parcel.

With Elk County flat at +2.9% YoY (25/100 confidence), opportunity is parcel-specific so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 49/100 points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Leading Elk County on distress: 67122 (20/100), 67137 (20/100), 67047 (18/100), 66736 (16/100), 67344 (10/100), 67345 (7/100). Other tracked Elk County ZIPs include 67346, 67349, 67352, 67353.

Profile-wise, Elk County's scored ZIPs report incomes around $62,036, 13.2% of households below the poverty line, 31.8% of units sitting vacant, an owner-occupied share of 78%, residents with a median age around 49.7, home values averaging roughly $75,044, below the US. Income, equity and tenure like these signal the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

Net of it all, 12/100 over 10 ZIPs means Elk County is a screen-by-ZIP market rather than a blanket buy. Subscribers get each Elk County parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a per-parcel score, lender exposure and exit read.

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

The way to work Elk County, Kansas is top-down — start with the highest-scoring ZIPs (up to 20/100 here), then drill to the parcels driving those numbers, rather than blanketing Elk County with undifferentiated outreach. All Elk 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 Elk County leads with 67122 (20/100), 67137 (20/100), 67047 (18/100), 66736 (16/100), 67344 (10/100), 67345 (7/100). DLRadar also scores 67346, 67349, 67352, 67353 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 Elk 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.