Meade County, KY: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Meade County, Kentucky, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. Individual Meade County ZIPs score between 22 and 34 on the 0–100 composite. On bank and credit headwind, Meade County scores 65/100, a stressed reading. Coverage runs to 12 ZIPs across Meade County, a low 25/100 average.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 3.8% over twelve months (phase confidence 27/100). At this stage of the cycle, distress turns selective leaving the wins in individual deals.

At +3.8% YoY and 27/100 confidence, the discount lives in outliers well beyond the county average. Its 65/100 lender headwind signals what's coming: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Top distress by ZIP runs 40121 (34/100), 40175 (30/100), 40104 (25/100), 40108 (25/100), 40117 (25/100), 40155 (25/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Other tracked Meade County ZIPs include 40161, 40142, 40157, 40146, 40171, 40176.

Profile-wise, Meade County's tracked footprint show typical home values near $170,180, a median household income near $69,966 (near the US norm), residents with a median age around 42.8, 14.4% of households below the poverty line, an owner-occupied share of 71%, vacancy near 13.1%. These fundamentals signal the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

At 25/100 composite over 12 ZIPs, Meade County is a screen-by-ZIP market where the ZIP scores point. Subscribers get each Meade County parcel's owner, APN and address, score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity estimate.

Because Meade County, Kentucky is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Meade County against neighboring markets or the rest of Kentucky on equal footing.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Meade County, Kentucky's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. All Meade 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 Meade County leads with 40121 (34/100), 40175 (30/100), 40104 (25/100), 40108 (25/100), 40117 (25/100), 40155 (25/100). DLRadar also scores 40161, 40142, 40157, 40146, 40171, 40176 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.

The Meade 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.