Newton County, MO: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Newton County, MO, Missouri: 15 ZIP codes scored, Newton County, MO averaging 26/100 (low, Newton, MO), from 19 to 29. Newton County, MO is in its peak phase (Newton, MO confidence 18/100): Newton, MO home prices up 2.0% (Newton, MO) over twelve months, 1.5% under their peak. Newton County, MO lender headwind: 76/100.
Highest-scoring Newton County, MO ZIPs: 64861 (29/100), 64804 (28/100), 64840 (28/100), 64842 (28/100), 64843 (28/100), 64844 (28/100). Also scored in Newton County, MO: 64850, 64858, 64865, 64866, 64867, 64862, 65734, 64873, 65723.
Across Newton County, MO's scored ZIPs: median home value $178,671, household income $59,659, 11.0% vacancy, 16.5% poverty, 81% owner-occupied, median age 41.1.
Newton County, MO insurance distress 62/100 (#839 in the US); FEMA hazard 52/100 for Newton, MO; 4 federal disaster declarations in Newton County, MO since 2023; 6 Newton, MO NFIP flood claims, $162K paid; Newton, MO construction distress 52/100.
8 banks with 25 branches lend in Newton County, MO; Newton, MO weighted bank stress 71/100, highest 85/100 in Newton, MO.
Newton County, MO unemployment 3.8% (Newton, MO -0.2 pts, six months); 98 new housing units permitted in Newton County, MO over twelve months, Newton, MO down 5% from 103; Newton, MO home prices +10.7% a year (Newton, MO) over three years.
24,866 housing units in Newton County, MO; 5,113 Newton, MO renter households; 32% of Newton, MO renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 12% (Newton, MO) half or more.
Newton County, MO ranks #543 nationally on the opportunity index (Newton, MO, among all ranked counties); Newton, MO scores 33.2/100 and Newton, MO sits #15 inside Missouri. Newton, MO is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Newton, MO's primary driver is bank institutional, Newton, MO second driver construction; Newton, MO moved up 331 places. 12 short-sale listings across Newton, MO; 80 days on market observed in Newton, MO; 10.7% vacancy over 15 Newton, MO ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Newton County, MO. The metro area reading for Newton, MO (Joplin, MO-KS): 1.1% ninety-plus days late; Newton, MO's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.5% (Newton, MO, December 2025 data); Missouri overall 0.9%.
Newton County, MO has 5 watched banks; 5 Newton, MO banks sit in an elevated band. Newton, MO footprints: Community Bank&Trust (7 branches, stress 74) in Newton, MO; Southwest Missouri Bank (4 branches, stress 80) in Newton, MO; Peoples Bank Of Seneca (3 branches, stress 63) in Newton, MO.
HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Newton County, MO with 15 units; 14 Newton, MO units are assisted.
2,737 of the 24,866 housing units in Newton, MO sit vacant. Newton County, MO permitted 36 multifamily units in twelve months; Newton, MO's one-to-four unit structures added 62 units in Newton County, MO.