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

Washington County, Missouri sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. ZIP-level distress ranges from 32/100 at the top down to 16/100. Lender pressure in Washington County registers 59/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind. 16 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 23/100 distress.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 4.4% over twelve months, a 29/100-confidence read. With pricing topped out, the average masks the outliers so screen ZIP by ZIP.

At +4.4% YoY and 29/100 confidence, selectivity rules — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A moderate 59/100 lender headwind points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

The sharpest Washington County readings come from 63628 (32/100), 63624 (31/100), 63020 (30/100), 63626 (27/100), 63630 (26/100), 63648 (26/100) — open any for the parcel detail. Also scored across the county: 63080, 65441, 65565, 63030, 63631, 63071, 63622, 63660, 63664, 63674.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Washington County show residents with a median age around 43, a 14.6% poverty rate, 78% of homes owner-occupied, household income averaging about $58,410, below the national median, home values averaging roughly $151,786, below the US, vacancy near 14.1%. Numbers like these shape both the distress on offer and the exit velocity.

With a low 23/100 reading over 16 ZIPs, Washington County is a screen-by-ZIP market where the ZIP scores point. A DLRadar subscription opens every Washington County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

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

For anyone buying in Washington County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 32/100. Nothing in the Washington 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, Washington County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 63628 (32/100), 63624 (31/100), 63020 (30/100), 63626 (27/100), 63630 (26/100), 63648 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 63080, 65441, 65565, 63030, 63631, 63071, 63622, 63660 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.

DLRadar's composite for Washington 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.