Fentress County, TN: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Fentress County, Tennessee, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 5 to 16 out of 100. Coverage runs to 9 ZIPs across Fentress County, a minimal 8/100 average. Lender pressure in Fentress County registers 45/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 2.8% over twelve months, at 27/100 phase confidence. On a market plateau, distress turns selective as the ZIP scores below show.

With Fentress County flat at +2.8% YoY (27/100 confidence), the wins are surgical so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 45/100 means both signal sets in play here.

Highest scores land in 38574 (16/100), 37726 (8/100), 38504 (8/100), 38553 (8/100), 38556 (8/100), 38565 (8/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Further scored ZIPs: 38589, 38577, 38549.

Profile-wise, Fentress County's scored ZIPs come in at household income averaging about $49,542, below the national median, vacancy near 17.8%, a median age of 43.3, 90% owner-occupancy, 17.5% of households below the poverty line, home values averaging roughly $178,022, below the US. Income, equity and tenure like these set up the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

With a minimal 8/100 reading over 9 ZIPs, Fentress County rewards parcel-by-parcel work rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Fentress County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

Whether Fentress County, Tennessee 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 Fentress County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

For anyone buying in Fentress County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 16/100. Every figure traces to a public federal or county source — recorder and court records for foreclosure and liens, FHFA for the price cycle, FDIC for lender stress — and DLRadar leaves a signal blank rather than estimating where Fentress County data is thin.

The ZIP breakdown for Fentress County leads with 38574 (16/100), 37726 (8/100), 38504 (8/100), 38553 (8/100), 38556 (8/100), 38565 (8/100). DLRadar also scores 38589, 38577, 38549 across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Fentress 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.