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

Ottawa County, Kansas is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. 11 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 16/100 distress. Individual Ottawa County ZIPs score between 4 and 27 on the 0–100 composite. On bank and credit headwind, Ottawa County scores 38/100.

In its peak phase, Ottawa County home prices rose 3.5% across the last year, a 23/100-confidence read. With values leveling off, distress turns selective with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

At +3.5% YoY and 23/100 confidence, selectivity rules so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 38/100 implies mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 67401 (27/100), ZIP 67470 (27/100), ZIP 67484 (26/100), ZIP 67480 (25/100), ZIP 67422 (18/100), ZIP 67467 (18/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Coverage extends to 67436, 67466, 67445, 67458, 67432 among others.

On the housing-and-income side, the Ottawa County ZIPs on file report 14.1% of households below the poverty line, a median age of 43.2, home values averaging roughly $150,855, below the US, household income averaging about $63,892, below the national median, 79% owner-occupancy, a 14.4% vacancy rate. Read together, they signal who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

At 16/100 composite over 11 ZIPs, Ottawa County is a screen-by-ZIP market rather than a blanket buy. Subscribers get each Ottawa County parcel's owner, address and APN, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

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

Scores in Ottawa County, Kansas exist to concentrate effort: a handful of ZIPs hold most of the distress, and the rest seldom justify the acquisition cost. Provenance for Ottawa County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

The ZIP breakdown for Ottawa County leads with 67401 (27/100), 67470 (27/100), 67484 (26/100), 67480 (25/100), 67422 (18/100), 67467 (18/100). DLRadar also scores 67436, 67466, 67445, 67458, 67432 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 Ottawa 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.