Athens County, OH: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Athens County, OH, Ohio: 19 ZIP codes scored, Athens County, OH averaging 20/100 (low, Athens, OH), from 16 to 22. Athens County, OH is in its peak phase (Athens, OH confidence 28/100): Athens, OH home prices up 3.9% (Athens, OH) over twelve months. Athens County, OH lender headwind: 57/100.

Highest-scoring Athens County, OH ZIPs: 45701 (22/100), 45716 (22/100), 45719 (22/100), 45735 (22/100), 45739 (22/100), 45740 (22/100). Also scored in Athens County, OH: 45761, 45778, 45780, 45782, 45711, 45723, 45732, 45764, 45776, 45742.

Across Athens County, OH's scored ZIPs: median home value $144,828, household income $55,501, 14.3% vacancy, 13.9% poverty, 80% owner-occupied, median age 44.6.

Athens County, OH insurance distress 28/100 (#1,668 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Athens, OH; 10 Athens, OH NFIP flood claims, $303K paid; Athens, OH construction distress 53/100.

7 banks with 17 branches lend in Athens County, OH; Athens, OH weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 77/100 in Athens, OH.

Athens County, OH unemployment 4.5% (Athens, OH -0.9 pts, six months); 56 new housing units permitted in Athens County, OH over twelve months, Athens, OH down 3% from 58; Athens, OH home prices +8.9% a year (Athens, OH) over three years.

26,471 housing units in Athens County, OH; 8,651 Athens, OH renter households; 53% of Athens, OH renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 34% (Athens, OH) half or more.

Athens County, OH ranks #2,207 nationally on the opportunity index (Athens, OH, among all ranked counties); Athens, OH scores 27.0/100 and Athens, OH sits #34 inside Ohio. Athens, OH is in the weak opportunity phase; Athens, OH's primary driver is vacancy, Athens, OH second driver bank institutional; Athens, OH moved down 158 places. 5 short-sale listings across Athens, OH; 102 days on market observed in Athens, OH; 13.7% vacancy over 19 Athens, OH ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Athens County, OH. The non-metro area reading for Athens, OH: 1.4% ninety-plus days late; Athens, OH's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.4% (Athens, OH, December 2025 data); Ohio overall 1.0%.

Athens County, OH has 7 watched banks; 7 Athens, OH banks sit in an elevated band. Athens, OH footprints: Hocking Valley Bank (5 branches, stress 60) in Athens, OH; First Nb Of Mcconnelsville (3 branches, stress 63) in Athens, OH; Peoples Bank (3 branches, stress 55) in Athens, OH.

HUD lists 7 assisted multifamily properties in Athens County, OH with 338 units; 198 Athens, OH units are assisted, 4 Athens, OH properties under project-based Section 8.

3,457 of the 26,471 housing units in Athens, OH sit vacant. Athens County, OH permitted 42 multifamily units in twelve months; Athens, OH's one-to-four unit structures added 14 units in Athens County, OH.