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

Union County, OH, Ohio: 21 ZIP codes scored, Union County, OH averaging 20/100 (low, Union, OH), from 11 to 31. Union County, OH is in its peak phase (Union, OH confidence 22/100): Union, OH home prices up 3.0% (Union, OH) over twelve months. Union County, OH lender headwind: 59/100.

Highest-scoring Union County, OH ZIPs: 43016 (31/100), 43017 (29/100), 43358 (22/100), 43007 (21/100), 43036 (21/100), 43040 (21/100). Also scored in Union County, OH: 43045, 43067, 43077, 43344, 43342, 43015, 43061, 43319, 43302, 43064.

Across Union County, OH's scored ZIPs: median home value $273,430, household income $98,278, 5.5% vacancy, 10.5% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 39.1.

Union County, OH insurance distress 22/100 (#2,038 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Union, OH; 2 federal disaster declarations in Union County, OH since 2023; 1 Union, OH NFIP flood claims, $39K paid; Union, OH construction distress 93/100.

8 banks with 13 branches lend in Union County, OH; Union, OH weighted bank stress 65/100, highest 79/100 in Union, OH.

Union County, OH unemployment 2.9% (Union, OH -0.6 pts, six months); 740 new housing units permitted in Union County, OH over twelve months, Union, OH down 47% from 1,388; Union, OH home prices +10.5% a year (Union, OH) over three years.

25,158 housing units in Union County, OH; 4,848 Union, OH renter households; 32% of Union, OH renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 10% (Union, OH) half or more.

Union County, OH ranks #2,888 nationally on the opportunity index (Union, OH, among all ranked counties); Union, OH scores 23.9/100 and Union, OH sits #67 inside Ohio. Union, OH is in the weak opportunity phase; Union, OH's primary driver is construction, Union, OH second driver bank institutional; Union, OH moved down 167 places. 40 short-sale listings across Union, OH; 90 days on market observed in Union, OH; 3.8% vacancy over 21 Union, OH ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Union County, OH. The metro area reading for Union, OH (Columbus, OH): 0.8% ninety-plus days late; Union, OH's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.7% (Union, OH, December 2025 data); Ohio overall 1.0%.

Union County, OH has 7 watched banks; 7 Union, OH banks sit in an elevated band. Union, OH footprints: Richwood Banking Co (3 branches, stress 66) in Union, OH; Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na (3 branches, stress 65) in Union, OH; Fifth Third Bank Na (2 branches, stress 62) in Union, OH.

HUD lists 7 assisted multifamily properties in Union County, OH with 430 units; 155 Union, OH units are assisted, 2 Union, OH properties under project-based Section 8.

926 of the 25,158 housing units in Union, OH sit vacant. Union County, OH permitted 165 multifamily units in twelve months; Union, OH's one-to-four unit structures added 575 units in Union County, OH.