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

Jefferson County, MO, Missouri: 25 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, MO averaging 30/100 (moderate, Jefferson, MO), from 19 to 32. Jefferson County, MO is in its peak phase (Jefferson, MO confidence 26/100): Jefferson, MO home prices up 3.9% (Jefferson, MO) over twelve months. Jefferson County, MO lender headwind: 44/100.

Highest-scoring Jefferson County, MO ZIPs: 63025 (32/100), 63026 (32/100), 63049 (32/100), 63087 (32/100), 63628 (32/100), 63010 (31/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, MO: 63012, 63016, 63019, 63020, 63023, 63047, 63048, 63050, 63051, 63052.

Across Jefferson County, MO's scored ZIPs: median home value $245,917, household income $84,596, 8.7% vacancy, 7.8% poverty, 83% owner-occupied, median age 42.8.

Jefferson County, MO insurance distress 60/100 (#880 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Jefferson, MO; 2 federal disaster declarations in Jefferson County, MO since 2023; 60 Jefferson, MO NFIP flood claims, $1.8M paid; Jefferson, MO construction distress 62/100.

24 banks with 44 branches lend in Jefferson County, MO; Jefferson, MO weighted bank stress 59/100, highest 87/100 in Jefferson, MO.

Jefferson County, MO unemployment 3.6% (Jefferson, MO -0.5 pts, six months); 646 new housing units permitted in Jefferson County, MO over twelve months, Jefferson, MO down 13% from 744; Jefferson, MO home prices +9.2% a year (Jefferson, MO) over three years.

93,955 housing units in Jefferson County, MO; 16,153 Jefferson, MO renter households; 35% of Jefferson, MO renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 15% (Jefferson, MO) half or more.

Jefferson County, MO ranks #1,768 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, MO, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, MO scores 28.5/100 and Jefferson, MO sits #58 inside Missouri. Jefferson, MO is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Jefferson, MO's primary driver is construction, Jefferson, MO second driver bank institutional; Jefferson, MO moved up 423 places. 31 short-sale listings across Jefferson, MO; 73 days on market observed in Jefferson, MO; 6.4% vacancy over 25 Jefferson, MO ZIPs.

0.6% of Jefferson County, MO mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Jefferson, MO's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 2.5% (CFPB county sample). Jefferson, MO's ninety-day rate is up 0.1 points on twelve months earlier; the Jefferson, MO peak since 2008 was 3.7% in December 2009; Missouri overall reads 0.9%.

Jefferson County, MO has 16 watched banks; 16 Jefferson, MO banks sit in an elevated band. Jefferson, MO footprints: Enterprise Bank&Trust (6 branches, stress 62) in Jefferson, MO; First State Community Bank (6 branches, stress 45) in Jefferson, MO; Midwest Bankcentre (4 branches, stress 55) in Jefferson, MO.

HUD lists 4 assisted multifamily properties in Jefferson County, MO with 298 units; 298 Jefferson, MO units are assisted, 4 Jefferson, MO properties under project-based Section 8.

5,646 of the 93,955 housing units in Jefferson, MO sit vacant. Jefferson County, MO permitted 55 multifamily units in twelve months; Jefferson, MO's one-to-four unit structures added 591 units in Jefferson County, MO.