Carbon County, MT: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Carbon County, Montana, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. The county spans 13 scored ZIP codes, averaging 15/100 composite distress. Individual Carbon County ZIPs score between 14 and 19 on the 0–100 composite. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 83 on a 0–100 scale, a elevated reading.

In its expansion phase, Carbon County home prices rose 5.0% across the last year, now 1.4% off the recent peak, at 56/100 phase confidence. Despite the upswing, pockets of distress persist where the composite stays elevated.

Through Carbon County's +5.0% YoY climb (56/100 confidence), liquidity improves for clean exits — and a rising tide cleans up those exits. An elevated 83/100 reading signals what's coming: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Carbon County are 59044 (19/100), 59007 (15/100), 59008 (15/100), 59013 (15/100), 59014 (15/100), 59026 (15/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Also scored across the county: 59029, 59041, 59068, 59070, 59071, 59001, 59019.

Profile-wise, the Carbon County ZIPs on file come in at median home values around $390,792 (above the national figure), 77% owner-occupancy, poverty running near 9.2%, a median age of 49.1, 20.1% of units sitting vacant, household income averaging about $80,109, roughly at the national median. Read together, they signal how much distress reaches the market and how fast it moves.

All in at 15/100 over 13 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Carbon County to see every parcel's owner, APN and address, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

Because Carbon County, Montana is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Carbon County against neighboring markets or the rest of Montana on equal footing.

Approach Carbon County by rank rather than by average — the 15/100 county figure conceals the spread, since the returns live in the top-scoring ZIPs. The Carbon County scoring is reproducible from public sources alone, and DLRadar declines to estimate where the underlying record is incomplete.

Drilling in, Carbon County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 59044 (19/100), 59007 (15/100), 59008 (15/100), 59013 (15/100), 59014 (15/100), 59026 (15/100). DLRadar also scores 59029, 59041, 59068, 59070, 59071, 59001, 59019 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 Carbon 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.