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

DLRadar tracks property distress across Scott County, Missouri using verifiable public-record signals alone. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 27 on a 0–100 scale, a contained reading. The county's ZIP scores run from 24 up to 36/100. The county spans 14 scored ZIP codes, averaging 33/100 composite distress.

Currently peak, Scott County saw prices rise 3.3% year over year, at 24/100 phase confidence. With values leveling off, the opportunity narrows with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

Near the cycle top at +3.3% YoY (24/100 confidence), selectivity rules well beyond the county average. A steady 27/100 bank reading points the search to tax delinquency, probate and liens.

The sharpest Scott County readings come from 63736 (36/100), 63742 (36/100), 63758 (36/100), 63767 (36/100), 63774 (36/100), 63780 (36/100) — open any for the parcel detail. Further scored ZIPs: 63784, 63824, 63771, 63801, 63740, 63735, 63823, 63834.

On the housing-and-income side, Scott County's scored ZIPs report vacancy near 13%, residents with a median age around 39.7, poverty running near 18.5%, an owner-occupied share of 68%, a median household income near $57,513 (below the US norm), median home values around $127,700 (below the national figure). Income, equity and tenure like these signal who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

With a moderate 33/100 reading over 14 ZIPs, Scott County rewards parcel-by-parcel work — work it parcel by parcel. A DLRadar subscription opens every Scott County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

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

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Scott County, Missouri's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. All of it is deterministic and auditable: Scott County's numbers come from county recorders, the courts, FHFA and FDIC, with nothing interpolated or guessed when a source is sparse.

Drilling in, Scott County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 63736 (36/100), 63742 (36/100), 63758 (36/100), 63767 (36/100), 63774 (36/100), 63780 (36/100). DLRadar also scores 63784, 63824, 63771, 63801, 63740, 63735, 63823, 63834 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 Scott 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.