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

Newton County, Missouri is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. There are 15 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 27/100). Individual Newton County ZIPs score between 19 and 30 on the 0–100 composite. Lender pressure in Newton County registers 76/100 — a elevated bank-stress headwind.

The county market is in a peak phase: home prices rose 2.0% over the past year and 1.5% down from peak, a 18/100-confidence read. At this stage of the cycle, blanket buying underperforms so screen ZIP by ZIP.

Near the cycle top at +2.0% YoY (18/100 confidence), selectivity rules so the headline market won't hand it over. Bank stress at 76/100 signals what's coming: banks under pressure move REO faster.

Top distress by ZIP runs 64861 (30/100), 64804 (29/100), 64840 (29/100), 64843 (29/100), 64842 (28/100), 64844 (28/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Coverage extends to 64850, 64858, 64862, 64865, 64866, 64867, 65734, 64873, 65723 among others.

Demographically, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Newton County show home values averaging roughly $178,671, below the US, 11% of units sitting vacant, an owner-occupied share of 81%, poverty running near 16.5%, residents with a median age around 41.1, incomes around $59,659. Numbers like these shape the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

With a low 27/100 reading over 15 ZIPs, Newton County is a screen-by-ZIP market — work it parcel by parcel. Subscribers get each Newton County parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

Whether Newton 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 Newton County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

In Newton County, Missouri, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. What supports the Newton 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 Newton County leads with 64861 (30/100), 64804 (29/100), 64840 (29/100), 64843 (29/100), 64842 (28/100), 64844 (28/100). DLRadar also scores 64850, 64858, 64862, 64865, 64866, 64867, 65734, 64873 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.

The Newton County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.