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

Across Lawrence County, Missouri, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. 21 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 17/100 distress. Lender pressure in Lawrence County registers 52/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind. ZIP-level distress ranges from 29/100 at the top down to 9/100.

Currently peak, Lawrence County saw prices rise 4.4% year over year, at 29/100 phase confidence. On a market plateau, broad sweeps stop paying leaving the wins in individual deals.

Lawrence County's topped-out +4.4% YoY (29/100 confidence) means opportunity is parcel-specific well beyond the county average. Mid-range bank stress at 52/100 points to both signal sets in play here.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Lawrence County are 65738 (29/100), 64862 (28/100), 65612 (28/100), 65604 (24/100), 65610 (22/100), 64873 (20/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Coverage extends to 65723, 65605, 65708, 64748, 65769, 64848, 65654, 65664, 65705, 65707 among others.

Underneath the scores, the Lawrence County ZIPs on file report typical home values near $179,737, an owner-occupied share of 76%, a median age of 41.8, a 16.4% poverty rate, incomes around $60,557, vacancy near 11%. Read together, they set up who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

With a low 17/100 reading over 21 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition where the ZIP scores point. Inside DLRadar, each Lawrence County property carries owner, mailing address, APN, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

Whether Lawrence County, Missouri carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Lawrence County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

The way to work Lawrence County, Missouri is top-down — start with the highest-scoring ZIPs (up to 29/100 here), then drill to the parcels driving those numbers, rather than blanketing Lawrence County with undifferentiated outreach. What supports the Lawrence County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

The ZIP breakdown for Lawrence County leads with 65738 (29/100), 64862 (28/100), 65612 (28/100), 65604 (24/100), 65610 (22/100), 64873 (20/100). DLRadar also scores 65723, 65605, 65708, 64748, 65769, 64848, 65654, 65664 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

DLRadar's composite for Lawrence County blends several independent signals — foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, and the bank-stress headwind of the lenders operating locally — into one 0–100 score per ZIP, so a market can rank high on one axis and low on another.