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

Washington County, MS, Mississippi: 10 ZIP codes scored, Washington County, MS averaging 25/100 (low, Washington, MS), from 22 to 25. Washington County, MS is in its peak phase (Washington, MS confidence 21/100): Washington, MS home prices up 3.6% (Washington, MS) over twelve months. Washington County, MS lender headwind: 44/100.

Highest-scoring Washington County, MS ZIPs: 38701 (25/100), 38722 (25/100), 38723 (25/100), 38731 (25/100), 38756 (25/100), 38760 (25/100). Also scored in Washington County, MS: 38776, 38703, 38748, 38744.

Across Washington County, MS's scored ZIPs: median home value $101,514, household income $39,990, 20.1% vacancy, 34.2% poverty, 63% owner-occupied, median age 33.0.

Washington County, MS insurance distress 52/100 (#1,051 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Washington, MS; 6 federal disaster declarations in Washington County, MS since 2023; 5 Washington, MS NFIP flood claims, $60K paid; Washington, MS construction distress 35/100.

8 banks with 20 branches lend in Washington County, MS; Washington, MS weighted bank stress 58/100, highest 87/100 in Washington, MS.

Washington County, MS unemployment 4.6% (Washington, MS -0.9 pts, six months); 8 new housing units permitted in Washington County, MS over twelve months, Washington, MS up 14% from 7; Washington, MS home prices +7.6% a year (Washington, MS) over three years.

20,867 housing units in Washington County, MS; 7,450 Washington, MS renter households; 47% of Washington, MS renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 27% (Washington, MS) half or more.

Washington County, MS ranks #665 nationally on the opportunity index (Washington, MS, among all ranked counties); Washington, MS scores 32.6/100 and Washington, MS sits #21 inside Mississippi. Washington, MS is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Washington, MS's primary driver is vacancy, Washington, MS second driver bank institutional; Washington, MS moved up 417 places. 2 short-sale listings across Washington, MS; 118 days on market observed in Washington, MS; 17.3% vacancy over 10 Washington, MS ZIPs.

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

Washington County, MS has 4 watched banks; 4 Washington, MS banks sit in an elevated band. Washington, MS footprints: Guaranty Bank&Trust Co (4 branches, stress 64) in Washington, MS; Planters Bank&Trust Co (4 branches, stress 59) in Washington, MS; Trustmark Bank (3 branches, stress 58) in Washington, MS.

HUD lists 7 assisted multifamily properties in Washington County, MS with 390 units; 251 Washington, MS units are assisted, 5 Washington, MS properties under project-based Section 8.

3,754 of the 20,867 housing units in Washington, MS sit vacant. Washington County, MS permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Washington, MS's one-to-four unit structures added 8 units in Washington County, MS.