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

Howell County, MO, Missouri: 13 ZIP codes scored, Howell County, MO averaging 30/100 (moderate, Howell, MO), from 20 to 35. Howell County, MO is in its peak phase (Howell, MO confidence 24/100): Howell, MO home prices up 3.3% (Howell, MO) over twelve months. Howell County, MO lender headwind: 56/100.

Highest-scoring Howell County, MO ZIPs: 65688 (35/100), 65777 (35/100), 65788 (35/100), 65789 (35/100), 65775 (34/100), 65548 (31/100). Also scored in Howell County, MO: 65793, 65692, 65790, 65626, 65609, 65689, 65637.

Across Howell County, MO's scored ZIPs: median home value $198,283, household income $49,563, 15.8% vacancy, 21.0% poverty, 73% owner-occupied, median age 45.0.

Howell County, MO insurance distress 74/100 (#530 in the US); FEMA hazard 68/100 for Howell, MO; 8 federal disaster declarations in Howell County, MO since 2023; 2 Howell, MO NFIP flood claims, $667K paid; Howell, MO construction distress 96/100.

8 banks with 18 branches lend in Howell County, MO; Howell, MO weighted bank stress 59/100, highest 65/100 in Howell, MO.

Howell County, MO unemployment 4.5%; 28 new housing units permitted in Howell County, MO over twelve months, Howell, MO down 48% from 54; Howell, MO home prices +10.3% a year (Howell, MO) over three years.

18,149 housing units in Howell County, MO; 5,015 Howell, MO renter households; 38% of Howell, MO renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Howell, MO) half or more.

Howell County, MO ranks #357 nationally on the opportunity index (Howell, MO, among all ranked counties); Howell, MO scores 34.3/100 and Howell, MO sits #6 inside Missouri. Howell, MO is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Howell, MO's primary driver is construction, Howell, MO second driver vacancy; Howell, MO moved up 173 places. 3 short-sale listings across Howell, MO; 60 days on market observed in Howell, MO; 11.5% vacancy over 13 Howell, MO ZIPs.

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

Howell County, MO has 6 watched banks; 6 Howell, MO banks sit in an elevated band. Howell, MO footprints: West Plains Bank&Trust Co (6 branches, stress 65) in Howell, MO; Community First Banking Co (2 branches, stress 65) in Howell, MO; Southern Bank (2 branches, stress 58) in Howell, MO.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Howell County, MO with 109 units; 109 Howell, MO units are assisted, 3 Howell, MO properties under project-based Section 8.

2,184 of the 18,149 housing units in Howell, MO sit vacant. Howell County, MO permitted 4 multifamily units in twelve months; Howell, MO's one-to-four unit structures added 24 units in Howell County, MO.