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

Jefferson County, Mississippi sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 55/100 (moderate). The county's ZIP scores run from 2 up to 22/100. DLRadar scores 7 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 11/100.

Currently peak, Jefferson County saw prices rise 3.6% year over year (phase confidence 21/100). With pricing topped out, broad sweeps stop paying as the ZIP scores below show.

At +3.6% YoY and 21/100 confidence, selectivity rules well beyond the county average. Mid-range bank stress at 55/100 implies both signal sets in play here.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Jefferson County are 39661 (22/100), 39120 (21/100), 39144 (14/100), 39653 (13/100), 39096 (3/100), 39668 (3/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Coverage extends to 39069 among others.

Profile-wise, the Jefferson County ZIPs on file come in at a 30.2% vacancy rate, 25.3% of households below the poverty line, 81% of homes owner-occupied, median home values around $89,629 (below the national figure), a median household income near $40,459 (below the US norm), residents with a median age around 37.4. Read together, they drive how much distress reaches the market and how fast it moves.

Jefferson County, Mississippi's 11/100 average over 7 ZIPs says Jefferson County is a screen-by-ZIP market rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Jefferson County parcel: owner, address and APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

Whether Jefferson 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 Jefferson County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Jefferson County, Mississippi is best worked from the top of the score down; blanket outreach across Jefferson County dilutes effort that the ZIP-level numbers would have focused. These Jefferson County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

Drilling in, Jefferson County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 39661 (22/100), 39120 (21/100), 39144 (14/100), 39653 (13/100), 39096 (3/100), 39668 (3/100). DLRadar also scores 39069 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 Jefferson 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.