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

Every ZIP in Dekalb County, Missouri carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. On bank and credit headwind, Dekalb County scores 52/100. Individual Dekalb County ZIPs score between 3 and 16 on the 0–100 composite. 10 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 9/100 distress.

Currently peak, Dekalb County saw prices rise 2.6% year over year (phase confidence 27/100). With pricing topped out, the opportunity narrows leaving the wins in individual deals.

Near the cycle top at +2.6% YoY (27/100 confidence), opportunity is parcel-specific — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A moderate 52/100 lender headwind means mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Top distress by ZIP runs 64494 (16/100), 64429 (13/100), 64490 (11/100), 64430 (10/100), 64474 (10/100), 64463 (8/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Further scored ZIPs: 64670, 64497, 64469, 64422.

Profile-wise, Dekalb County's tracked footprint come in at household income averaging about $67,123, below the national median, a 10.5% poverty rate, residents with a median age around 42.3, median home values around $174,270 (below the national figure), a 11.3% vacancy rate, an owner-occupied share of 78%. Numbers like these drive the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

Dekalb County, Missouri's 9/100 average over 10 ZIPs says Dekalb County rewards parcel-by-parcel work and not a county-wide play. Unlock Dekalb County to see every parcel's owner, APN and address, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

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

For anyone buying in Dekalb County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 16/100. The Dekalb County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

Drilling in, Dekalb County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 64494 (16/100), 64429 (13/100), 64490 (11/100), 64430 (10/100), 64474 (10/100), 64463 (8/100). DLRadar also scores 64670, 64497, 64469, 64422 across the county. 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.

Under Dekalb 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.