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

Wayne County, MO, Missouri: 15 ZIP codes scored, Wayne County, MO averaging 20/100 (low, Wayne, MO), from 15 to 23. Wayne County, MO is in its peak phase (Wayne, MO confidence 29/100): Wayne, MO home prices up 4.4% (Wayne, MO) over twelve months. Wayne County, MO lender headwind: 0/100.

Highest-scoring Wayne County, MO ZIPs: 63787 (23/100), 63966 (23/100), 63967 (23/100), 63957 (21/100), 63636 (20/100), 63763 (20/100). Also scored in Wayne County, MO: 63934, 63944, 63950, 63951, 63952, 63956, 63964, 63937, 63655.

Across Wayne County, MO's scored ZIPs: median home value $137,633, household income $55,196, 24.5% vacancy, 21.6% poverty, 83% owner-occupied, median age 48.1.

Wayne County, MO insurance distress 63/100 (#827 in the US); FEMA hazard 63/100 for Wayne, MO; 6 federal disaster declarations in Wayne County, MO since 2023; 4 Wayne, MO NFIP flood claims, $19K paid.

3 banks with 7 branches lend in Wayne County, MO; Wayne, MO weighted bank stress 36/100, highest 62/100 in Wayne, MO.

Wayne County, MO unemployment 5.3% (Wayne, MO -1.2 pts, six months).

6,119 housing units in Wayne County, MO; 1,081 Wayne, MO renter households; 39% of Wayne, MO renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Wayne, MO) half or more.

Wayne County, MO ranks #1,426 nationally on the opportunity index (Wayne, MO, among all ranked counties); Wayne, MO scores 29.7/100 and Wayne, MO sits #45 inside Missouri. Wayne, MO is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Wayne, MO's primary driver is vacancy, Wayne, MO second driver bank institutional; Wayne, MO moved up 377 places. 5 short-sale listings across Wayne, MO; 19 days on market observed in Wayne, MO; 28.8% vacancy over 15 Wayne, MO ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Wayne County, MO. The non-metro area reading for Wayne, MO: 0.9% ninety-plus days late; Wayne, MO's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.4% (Wayne, MO, December 2025 data); Missouri overall 0.9%.

Wayne County, MO has 3 watched banks; 3 Wayne, MO banks sit in an elevated band. Wayne, MO footprints: First Mw Bank Of The Ozarks (3 branches, stress 52) in Wayne, MO; Peoples Community Bank (3 branches, stress 12) in Wayne, MO; Great Southern Bank (1 branch, stress 62) in Wayne, MO.

1,496 of the 6,119 housing units in Wayne, MO sit vacant.