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

Bolivar County, MS, Mississippi: 18 ZIP codes scored, Bolivar County, MS averaging 19/100 (low, Bolivar, MS), from 17 to 25. Bolivar County, MS is in its peak phase (Bolivar, MS confidence 21/100): Bolivar, MS home prices up 3.6% (Bolivar, MS) over twelve months. Bolivar County, MS lender headwind: 51/100.

Highest-scoring Bolivar County, MS ZIPs: 38614 (25/100), 38703 (24/100), 38720 (23/100), 38732 (19/100), 38759 (19/100), 38773 (19/100). Also scored in Bolivar County, MS: 38762, 38725, 38726, 38730, 38733, 38740, 38746, 38764, 38769, 38772.

Across Bolivar County, MS's scored ZIPs: median home value $106,769, household income $40,389, 15.0% vacancy, 31.8% poverty, 66% owner-occupied, median age 41.7.

Bolivar County, MS insurance distress 27/100 (#1,840 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Bolivar, MS; 4 federal disaster declarations in Bolivar County, MS since 2023; 2 Bolivar, MS NFIP flood claims, $169K paid; Bolivar, MS construction distress 19/100.

9 banks with 14 branches lend in Bolivar County, MS; Bolivar, MS weighted bank stress 58/100, highest 79/100 in Bolivar, MS.

Bolivar County, MS unemployment 4.3% (Bolivar, MS -0.9 pts, six months); 18 new housing units permitted in Bolivar County, MS over twelve months, Bolivar, MS up 38% from 13; Bolivar, MS home prices +6.7% a year (Bolivar, MS) over three years.

13,673 housing units in Bolivar County, MS; 4,649 Bolivar, MS renter households; 46% of Bolivar, MS renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 23% (Bolivar, MS) half or more.

Bolivar County, MS ranks #2,888 nationally on the opportunity index (Bolivar, MS, among all ranked counties); Bolivar, MS scores 23.9/100 and Bolivar, MS sits #81 inside Mississippi. Bolivar, MS is in the weak opportunity phase; Bolivar, MS's primary driver is vacancy, Bolivar, MS second driver bank institutional; Bolivar, MS moved down 99 places. 1 short-sale listings across Bolivar, MS; 118 days on market observed in Bolivar, MS; 13.3% vacancy over 18 Bolivar, MS ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Bolivar County, MS. The non-metro area reading for Bolivar, MS: 1.8% ninety-plus days late; Bolivar, MS's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 5.9% (Bolivar, MS, December 2025 data); Mississippi overall 1.8%.

Bolivar County, MS has 7 watched banks; 7 Bolivar, MS banks sit in an elevated band. Bolivar, MS footprints: Cleveland State Bank (3 branches, stress 79) in Bolivar, MS; Planters Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 59) in Bolivar, MS; Renasant Bank (2 branches, stress 43) in Bolivar, MS.

HUD lists 6 assisted multifamily properties in Bolivar County, MS with 224 units; 223 Bolivar, MS units are assisted, 3 Bolivar, MS properties under project-based Section 8.

1,758 of the 13,673 housing units in Bolivar, MS sit vacant. Bolivar County, MS permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Bolivar, MS's one-to-four unit structures added 18 units in Bolivar County, MS.