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

Covington County, MS, Mississippi: 8 ZIP codes scored, Covington County, MS averaging 22/100 (low, Covington, MS), from 9 to 29. Covington County, MS is in its peak phase (Covington, MS confidence 28/100): Covington, MS home prices up 3.8% (Covington, MS) over twelve months. Covington County, MS lender headwind: 2/100.

Highest-scoring Covington County, MS ZIPs: 39479 (29/100), 39482 (27/100), 39402 (26/100), 39401 (24/100), 39168 (23/100), 39428 (20/100). Also scored in Covington County, MS: 39119, 39474.

Across Covington County, MS's scored ZIPs: median home value $134,288, household income $54,325, 13.4% vacancy, 19.9% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 37.7.

Covington County, MS insurance distress 71/100 (#599 in the US); FEMA hazard 68/100 for Covington, MS; 8 federal disaster declarations in Covington County, MS since 2023; 1 Covington, MS NFIP flood claims, $250K paid; Covington, MS construction distress 42/100.

5 banks with 9 branches lend in Covington County, MS; Covington, MS weighted bank stress 46/100, highest 57/100 in Covington, MS.

Covington County, MS unemployment 3.5% (Covington, MS -0.9 pts, six months); Covington, MS home prices +11.9% a year (Covington, MS) over three years.

8,397 housing units in Covington County, MS; 1,700 Covington, MS renter households; 19% of Covington, MS renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 9% (Covington, MS) half or more.

Covington County, MS ranks #910 nationally on the opportunity index (Covington, MS, among all ranked counties); Covington, MS scores 31.5/100 and Covington, MS sits #27 inside Mississippi. Covington, MS is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Covington, MS's primary driver is vacancy, Covington, MS second driver bank institutional; Covington, MS moved up 333 places. 46 short-sale listings across Covington, MS; 76 days on market observed in Covington, MS; 14.4% vacancy over 8 Covington, MS ZIPs.

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

Covington County, MS has 4 watched banks; 4 Covington, MS banks sit in an elevated band. Covington, MS footprints: Priorityone Bank (3 branches, stress 43) in Covington, MS; Covington County Bank (2 branches, stress 53) in Covington, MS; Peoples Bank (1 branch, stress 35) in Covington, MS.

1,074 of the 8,397 housing units in Covington, MS sit vacant.