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

Stark County, Ohio is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. Individual Stark County ZIPs score between 13 and 29 on the 0–100 composite. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 53/100. DLRadar scores 43 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 21/100.

The expansion-phase county posted home values that rose 6.4% over twelve months, a 36/100-confidence read. While the county appreciates, the laggards keep building where the composite stays elevated.

Even appreciating at +6.4% YoY (36/100 confidence), stressed pockets remain which speeds resale of distressed buys. A mid-cycle 53/100 lender reading implies mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Top distress by ZIP runs 44216 (29/100), 44685 (27/100), 44720 (25/100), 44614 (23/100), 44613 (22/100), 44626 (22/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Coverage extends to 44630, 44632, 44640, 44641, 44646, 44647, 44652, 44662, 44669, 44670 among others.

Underneath the scores, the Stark County ZIPs on file show home values averaging roughly $180,102, below the US, household income averaging about $70,531, roughly at the national median, a 6.6% vacancy rate, a median age of 42, 72% owner-occupancy, poverty running near 12%. Numbers like these signal which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

With a low 21/100 reading over 43 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition where the ZIP scores point. A DLRadar subscription opens every Stark County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

Whether Stark County, Ohio carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Stark County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

The way to work Stark County, Ohio is top-down — start with the highest-scoring ZIPs (up to 29/100 here), then drill to the parcels driving those numbers, rather than blanketing Stark County with undifferentiated outreach. What supports the Stark County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

Drilling in, Stark County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 44216 (29/100), 44685 (27/100), 44720 (25/100), 44614 (23/100), 44613 (22/100), 44626 (22/100). DLRadar also scores 44630, 44632, 44640, 44641, 44646, 44647, 44652, 44662 and more 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 Stark 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.