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

Jefferson County, Kansas sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. Individual Jefferson County ZIPs score between 9 and 22 on the 0–100 composite. 15 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 13/100 distress. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 38/100.

Currently expansion, Jefferson County saw prices rise 5.1% year over year, a 32/100-confidence read. Even as prices climb, pockets of distress persist which the scoring still flags.

At +5.1% YoY (32/100 confidence), liquidity improves for clean exits which speeds resale of distressed buys. Mid-range bank stress at 38/100 points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 66617 (22/100), ZIP 66086 (19/100), ZIP 66044 (17/100), ZIP 66054 (13/100), ZIP 66419 (12/100), ZIP 66512 (12/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. The breakdown continues through 66060, 66066, 66070, 66073, 66088, 66097, 66429, 66436, 66002 and more.

By the numbers, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Jefferson County show household income averaging about $71,364, roughly at the national median, a median age of 42, 8.4% of households below the poverty line, 8% of units sitting vacant, 81% of homes owner-occupied, typical home values near $211,520. Numbers like these frame which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

With a minimal 13/100 reading over 15 ZIPs, the opportunity hides below the average rather than a blanket buy. Unlock Jefferson County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

Whether Jefferson County, Kansas carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Jefferson County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Read Jefferson County, Kansas as a heat map for effort — the county's minimal composite of 13/100 hides wide ZIP-level variation, and the return comes from chasing the hot ZIPs, not the average. These Jefferson County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Jefferson County leads with 66617 (22/100), 66086 (19/100), 66044 (17/100), 66054 (13/100), 66419 (12/100), 66512 (12/100). DLRadar also scores 66060, 66066, 66070, 66073, 66088, 66097, 66429, 66436 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 Jefferson 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.