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

Across Scott County, Kansas, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. 4 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 16/100 distress. ZIP-level distress ranges from 20/100 at the top down to 14/100. Lender pressure in Scott County registers 18/100 — a contained bank-stress headwind.

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, the average masks the outliers — the edge is parcel by parcel.

With Scott County flat at +2.9% YoY (25/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A contained 18/100 bank headwind puts the live signals on tax delinquency, probate and liens.

Top distress by ZIP runs 67871 (20/100), 67850 (16/100), 67851 (14/100), 67863 (14/100), listed with every scored ZIP below.

Demographically, Scott County's tracked footprint show home values averaging roughly $159,300, below the US, a 5.1% poverty rate, 10.6% of units sitting vacant, residents with a median age around 41.3, 69% of homes owner-occupied, incomes around $75,884. Income, equity and tenure like these signal the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

At 16/100 composite over 4 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific and not a county-wide play. A DLRadar subscription opens every Scott County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

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

The practical read on Scott County, Kansas is a targeting one — find the ZIPs holding real financial pressure, then work the parcels underneath them. Nothing in the Scott County read is modelled: recorder and court filings drive foreclosure and lien signals, FHFA sets the price cycle, FDIC the lender stress, and a thin source stays blank.

Drilling in, Scott County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 67871 (20/100), 67850 (16/100), 67851 (14/100), 67863 (14/100). Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Scott County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.