Muhlenberg County, KY: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Muhlenberg County, KY, Kentucky: 17 ZIP codes scored, Muhlenberg County, KY averaging 21/100 (low, Muhlenberg, KY), from 20 to 26. Muhlenberg County, KY is in its expansion phase (Muhlenberg, KY confidence 33/100): Muhlenberg, KY home prices up 5.3% (Muhlenberg, KY) over twelve months. Muhlenberg County, KY lender headwind: 43/100.
Highest-scoring Muhlenberg County, KY ZIPs: 42464 (26/100), 42256 (23/100), 42372 (23/100), 42220 (22/100), 42339 (21/100), 42321 (20/100). Also scored in Muhlenberg County, KY: 42323, 42324, 42325, 42326, 42330, 42332, 42337, 42344, 42345, 42367.
Across Muhlenberg County, KY's scored ZIPs: median home value $123,769, household income $55,107, 16.4% vacancy, 16.8% poverty, 84% owner-occupied, median age 41.9.
Muhlenberg County, KY insurance distress 66/100 (#748 in the US); FEMA hazard 74/100 for Muhlenberg, KY; 12 federal disaster declarations in Muhlenberg County, KY since 2023; 1 Muhlenberg, KY NFIP flood claims, $6K paid; Muhlenberg, KY construction distress 2/100.
6 banks with 10 branches lend in Muhlenberg County, KY; Muhlenberg, KY weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 74/100 in Muhlenberg, KY.
Muhlenberg County, KY unemployment 4.9% (Muhlenberg, KY -1.2 pts, six months); 5 new housing units permitted in Muhlenberg County, KY over twelve months, Muhlenberg, KY up 67% from 3; Muhlenberg, KY home prices +10.1% a year (Muhlenberg, KY) over three years.
13,557 housing units in Muhlenberg County, KY; 2,156 Muhlenberg, KY renter households; 39% of Muhlenberg, KY renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 15% (Muhlenberg, KY) half or more.
Muhlenberg County, KY ranks #1,590 nationally on the opportunity index (Muhlenberg, KY, among all ranked counties); Muhlenberg, KY scores 29.1/100 and Muhlenberg, KY sits #94 inside Kentucky. Muhlenberg, KY is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Muhlenberg, KY's primary driver is vacancy, Muhlenberg, KY second driver bank institutional; Muhlenberg, KY moved up 631 places. 4 short-sale listings across Muhlenberg, KY; 83 days on market observed in Muhlenberg, KY; 11.8% vacancy over 17 Muhlenberg, KY ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Muhlenberg County, KY. The non-metro area reading for Muhlenberg, KY: 1.1% ninety-plus days late; Muhlenberg, KY's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.0% (Muhlenberg, KY, December 2025 data); Kentucky overall 1.0%.
Muhlenberg County, KY has 4 watched banks; 4 Muhlenberg, KY banks sit in an elevated band. Muhlenberg, KY footprints: First Kentucky Bank Inc (2 branches, stress 73) in Muhlenberg, KY; First Southern National Bank (2 branches, stress 68) in Muhlenberg, KY; Farmers Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 57) in Muhlenberg, KY.
HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Muhlenberg County, KY with 204 units; 170 Muhlenberg, KY units are assisted, 2 Muhlenberg, KY properties under project-based Section 8.
1,434 of the 13,557 housing units in Muhlenberg, KY sit vacant. Muhlenberg County, KY permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Muhlenberg, KY's one-to-four unit structures added 5 units in Muhlenberg County, KY.