Benton County, MS: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Benton County, Mississippi using verifiable public-record signals alone. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 100/100 — elevated, a sign of lender stress locally. Individual Benton County ZIPs score between 2 and 15 on the 0–100 composite. 11 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 10/100 distress.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 1.2% over twelve months (phase confidence 11/100). With pricing topped out, blanket buying underperforms — the edge is parcel by parcel.

Near the cycle top at +1.2% YoY (11/100 confidence), selectivity rules well beyond the county average. An elevated 100/100 reading signals what's coming: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Highest scores land in 38635 (15/100), 38650 (14/100), 38659 (14/100), 38610 (13/100), 38663 (13/100), 38629 (12/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Further scored ZIPs: 38642, 38633, 38683, 38603, 38647.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Benton County come in at household income averaging about $52,221, below the national median, a 18.6% poverty rate, home values averaging roughly $126,055, below the US, vacancy near 20.8%, residents with a median age around 41.6, an owner-occupied share of 78%. These fundamentals drive how much distress reaches the market and how fast it moves.

Net of it all, 10/100 over 11 ZIPs means Benton County rewards parcel-by-parcel work — work it parcel by parcel. A DLRadar subscription opens every Benton County parcel: owner, mailing address, APN, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

Whether Benton County, Mississippi 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 Benton County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

The way to work Benton County, Mississippi is top-down — start with the highest-scoring ZIPs (up to 15/100 here), then drill to the parcels driving those numbers, rather than blanketing Benton County with undifferentiated outreach. Every Benton County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.

Drilling in, Benton County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 38635 (15/100), 38650 (14/100), 38659 (14/100), 38610 (13/100), 38663 (13/100), 38629 (12/100). DLRadar also scores 38642, 38633, 38683, 38603, 38647 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 Benton 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.