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

Polk County, Missouri is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. ZIP-level distress ranges from 29/100 at the top down to 7/100. There are 18 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 23/100). Bank/credit headwind for the county is 45 on a 0–100 scale, a moderate reading.

Currently neutral, Polk County saw prices rise 3.6% year over year, at 22/100 phase confidence. With pricing topped out, the opportunity narrows with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

Polk County's topped-out +3.6% YoY (22/100 confidence) means the wins are surgical — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Mid-range bank stress at 45/100 means both signal sets in play here.

The sharpest Polk County readings come from 65613 (29/100), 65663 (29/100), 65710 (29/100), 65727 (29/100), 65781 (29/100), 65617 (28/100) — open any for the parcel detail. The breakdown continues through 65725, 65770, 65601, 65640, 65648, 65650, 65649, 65674, 65724, 65685 and more.

On the housing-and-income side, Polk County's scored ZIPs report a 14.9% poverty rate, a median age of 43.6, a median household income near $60,452 (below the US norm), typical home values near $200,000, a 15% vacancy rate, 81% of homes owner-occupied. Read together, they shape which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

Net of it all, 23/100 over 18 ZIPs means the edge is selective acquisition — work it parcel by parcel. Subscribers get each Polk County parcel's owner, APN and address, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

The distress read for Polk County, Missouri is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Polk County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

For anyone buying in Polk County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 29/100. Nothing in the Polk County read is modelled: recorder and court filings drive foreclosure and lien signals, FHFA sets the price cycle, FDIC the lender stress, and a thin source stays blank.

Drilling in, Polk County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 65613 (29/100), 65663 (29/100), 65710 (29/100), 65727 (29/100), 65781 (29/100), 65617 (28/100). DLRadar also scores 65725, 65770, 65601, 65640, 65648, 65650, 65649, 65674 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Polk 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.