Buchanan County, MO: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Buchanan County, MO, Missouri: 15 ZIP codes scored, Buchanan County, MO averaging 23/100 (low, Buchanan, MO), from 11 to 25. Buchanan County, MO is in its peak phase (Buchanan, MO confidence 27/100): Buchanan, MO home prices up 2.6% (Buchanan, MO) over twelve months. Buchanan County, MO lender headwind: 41/100.

Highest-scoring Buchanan County, MO ZIPs: 64439 (25/100), 64401 (24/100), 64440 (24/100), 64443 (24/100), 64444 (24/100), 64448 (24/100). Also scored in Buchanan County, MO: 64484, 64501, 64503, 64504, 64506, 64507, 64505, 64454, 64490.

Across Buchanan County, MO's scored ZIPs: median home value $205,467, household income $62,368, 11.3% vacancy, 12.3% poverty, 76% owner-occupied, median age 41.9.

Buchanan County, MO insurance distress 20/100 (#2,316 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Buchanan, MO; 3 Buchanan, MO NFIP flood claims, $9K paid; Buchanan, MO construction distress 84/100.

14 banks with 25 branches lend in Buchanan County, MO; Buchanan, MO weighted bank stress 58/100, highest 76/100 in Buchanan, MO.

Buchanan County, MO unemployment 4.1% (Buchanan, MO -0.2 pts, six months); 42 new housing units permitted in Buchanan County, MO over twelve months, Buchanan, MO down 35% from 65; Buchanan, MO home prices +9.6% a year (Buchanan, MO) over three years.

38,472 housing units in Buchanan County, MO; 11,724 Buchanan, MO renter households; 46% of Buchanan, MO renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 25% (Buchanan, MO) half or more.

Buchanan County, MO ranks #1,492 nationally on the opportunity index (Buchanan, MO, among all ranked counties); Buchanan, MO scores 29.5/100 and Buchanan, MO sits #49 inside Missouri. Buchanan, MO is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Buchanan, MO's primary driver is construction, Buchanan, MO second driver vacancy; Buchanan, MO moved up 131 places. 4 short-sale listings across Buchanan, MO; 104 days on market observed in Buchanan, MO; 12.3% vacancy over 15 Buchanan, MO ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Buchanan County, MO. The non-metro area reading for Buchanan, MO: 0.9% ninety-plus days late; Buchanan, MO's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.4% (Buchanan, MO, December 2025 data); Missouri overall 0.9%.

Buchanan County, MO has 8 watched banks; 8 Buchanan, MO banks sit in an elevated band. Buchanan, MO footprints: Nodaway Valley Bank (4 branches, stress 49) in Buchanan, MO; Commerce Bank (2 branches, stress 62) in Buchanan, MO; Umb Bank National Assn (2 branches, stress 60) in Buchanan, MO.

HUD lists 10 assisted multifamily properties in Buchanan County, MO with 514 units; 420 Buchanan, MO units are assisted, 4 Buchanan, MO properties under project-based Section 8.

5,033 of the 38,472 housing units in Buchanan, MO sit vacant. Buchanan County, MO permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Buchanan, MO's one-to-four unit structures added 42 units in Buchanan County, MO.