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

Jefferson County, MS, Mississippi: 7 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, MS averaging 12/100 (minimal, Jefferson, MS), from 2 to 22. Jefferson County, MS is in its peak phase (Jefferson, MS confidence 21/100): Jefferson, MS home prices up 3.6% (Jefferson, MS) over twelve months. Jefferson County, MS lender headwind: 55/100.

Highest-scoring Jefferson County, MS ZIPs: 39661 (22/100), 39120 (20/100), 39144 (17/100), 39653 (14/100), 39668 (4/100), 39096 (3/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, MS: 39069.

Across Jefferson County, MS's scored ZIPs: median home value $89,629, household income $40,459, 30.2% vacancy, 25.3% poverty, 81% owner-occupied, median age 37.4.

Jefferson County, MS insurance distress 0/100 (#2,793 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Jefferson, MS; 4 federal disaster declarations in Jefferson County, MS since 2023; Jefferson, MS construction distress 12/100.

1 bank with 1 branch lend in Jefferson County, MS; Jefferson, MS weighted bank stress 62/100.

Jefferson County, MS unemployment 9.1% (Jefferson, MS +1.0 pts, six months).

3,390 housing units in Jefferson County, MS; 502 Jefferson, MS renter households; 30% of Jefferson, MS renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 15% (Jefferson, MS) half or more.

Jefferson County, MS ranks #1,538 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, MS, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, MS scores 29.3/100 and Jefferson, MS sits #51 inside Mississippi. Jefferson, MS is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Jefferson, MS's primary driver is vacancy, Jefferson, MS second driver bank institutional; Jefferson, MS moved down 112 places. 5 short-sale listings across Jefferson, MS; 48 days on market observed in Jefferson, MS; 27.3% vacancy over 7 Jefferson, MS ZIPs.

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

Jefferson County, MS has 1 watched bank; 1 Jefferson, MS bank sits in an elevated band. Jefferson, MS footprints: United Mississippi Bank (1 branch, stress 62) in Jefferson, MS.

896 of the 3,390 housing units in Jefferson, MS sit vacant.