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

Forrest County, MS, Mississippi: 8 ZIP codes scored, Forrest County, MS averaging 24/100 (low, Forrest, MS), from 17 to 27. Forrest County, MS is in its neutral phase (Forrest, MS confidence 43/100): Forrest, MS home prices up 4.0% (Forrest, MS) over twelve months, 2.6% under their peak. Forrest County, MS lender headwind: 31/100.

Highest-scoring Forrest County, MS ZIPs: 39475 (27/100), 39402 (26/100), 39455 (25/100), 39401 (24/100), 39406 (24/100), 39577 (23/100). Also scored in Forrest County, MS: 39465, 39425.

Across Forrest County, MS's scored ZIPs: median home value $172,971, household income $59,681, 23.8% vacancy, 17.6% poverty, 74% owner-occupied, median age 35.3.

Forrest County, MS insurance distress 26/100 (#1,876 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Forrest, MS; 4 federal disaster declarations in Forrest County, MS since 2023; 5 Forrest, MS NFIP flood claims, $120K paid; Forrest, MS construction distress 68/100.

14 banks with 28 branches lend in Forrest County, MS; Forrest, MS weighted bank stress 59/100, highest 86/100 in Forrest, MS.

Forrest County, MS unemployment 3.0% (Forrest, MS -1.0 pts, six months); 67 new housing units permitted in Forrest County, MS over twelve months, Forrest, MS down 18% from 82; Forrest, MS home prices +9.3% a year (Forrest, MS) over three years.

33,753 housing units in Forrest County, MS; 12,758 Forrest, MS renter households; 47% of Forrest, MS renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 24% (Forrest, MS) half or more.

Forrest County, MS ranks #1,117 nationally on the opportunity index (Forrest, MS, among all ranked counties); Forrest, MS scores 30.8/100 and Forrest, MS sits #37 inside Mississippi. Forrest, MS is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Forrest, MS's primary driver is construction, Forrest, MS second driver vacancy; Forrest, MS moved up 361 places. 42 short-sale listings across Forrest, MS; 65 days on market observed in Forrest, MS; 13.3% vacancy over 8 Forrest, MS ZIPs.

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

Forrest County, MS has 9 watched banks; 9 Forrest, MS banks sit in an elevated band. Forrest, MS footprints: Trustmark Bank (5 branches, stress 58) in Forrest, MS; Renasant Bank (3 branches, stress 43) in Forrest, MS; Hancock Whitney Bank (2 branches, stress 64) in Forrest, MS.

HUD lists 10 assisted multifamily properties in Forrest County, MS with 868 units; 428 Forrest, MS units are assisted, 4 Forrest, MS properties under project-based Section 8.

3,626 of the 33,753 housing units in Forrest, MS sit vacant. Forrest County, MS permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Forrest, MS's one-to-four unit structures added 67 units in Forrest County, MS.