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

Lowndes County, MS, Mississippi: 9 ZIP codes scored, Lowndes County, MS averaging 22/100 (low, Lowndes, MS), from 19 to 23. Lowndes County, MS is in its peak phase (Lowndes, MS confidence 21/100): Lowndes, MS home prices up 3.6% (Lowndes, MS) over twelve months. Lowndes County, MS lender headwind: 30/100.

Highest-scoring Lowndes County, MS ZIPs: 39701 (23/100), 39702 (23/100), 39705 (23/100), 39736 (23/100), 39753 (23/100), 39766 (23/100). Also scored in Lowndes County, MS: 39740, 39743, 39759.

Across Lowndes County, MS's scored ZIPs: median home value $157,763, household income $50,034, 14.0% vacancy, 19.0% poverty, 64% owner-occupied, median age 37.0.

Lowndes County, MS insurance distress 25/100 (#1,945 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Lowndes, MS; 4 federal disaster declarations in Lowndes County, MS since 2023; 10 Lowndes, MS NFIP flood claims, $108K paid; Lowndes, MS construction distress 55/100.

9 banks with 19 branches lend in Lowndes County, MS; Lowndes, MS weighted bank stress 56/100, highest 63/100 in Lowndes, MS.

Lowndes County, MS unemployment 3.6% (Lowndes, MS -0.8 pts, six months); 133 new housing units permitted in Lowndes County, MS over twelve months, Lowndes, MS down 5% from 140; Lowndes, MS home prices +7.0% a year (Lowndes, MS) over three years.

27,168 housing units in Lowndes County, MS; 8,605 Lowndes, MS renter households; 40% of Lowndes, MS renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Lowndes, MS) half or more.

Lowndes County, MS ranks #1,789 nationally on the opportunity index (Lowndes, MS, among all ranked counties); Lowndes, MS scores 28.5/100 and Lowndes, MS sits #61 inside Mississippi. Lowndes, MS is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Lowndes, MS's primary driver is vacancy, Lowndes, MS second driver construction; Lowndes, MS moved down 193 places. 5 short-sale listings across Lowndes, MS; 80 days on market observed in Lowndes, MS; 15.1% vacancy over 9 Lowndes, MS ZIPs.

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

Lowndes County, MS has 5 watched banks; 5 Lowndes, MS banks sit in an elevated band. Lowndes, MS footprints: Trustmark Bank (3 branches, stress 58) in Lowndes, MS; Bankfirst Financial Services (3 branches, stress 57) in Lowndes, MS; Bank Of Commerce (2 branches, stress 62) in Lowndes, MS.

HUD lists 8 assisted multifamily properties in Lowndes County, MS with 685 units; 239 Lowndes, MS units are assisted, 3 Lowndes, MS properties under project-based Section 8.

4,162 of the 27,168 housing units in Lowndes, MS sit vacant. Lowndes County, MS permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Lowndes, MS's one-to-four unit structures added 133 units in Lowndes County, MS.