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

Lincoln County, Tennessee is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. Individual Lincoln County ZIPs score between 19 and 25 on the 0–100 composite. 12 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 22/100 distress. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 37/100 (moderate).

Currently peak, Lincoln County saw prices rise 2.0% year over year, at 19/100 phase confidence. This late in the run, the opportunity narrows leaving the wins in individual deals.

Near the cycle top at +2.0% YoY (19/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A moderate 37/100 lender headwind means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Highest scores land in 38478 (25/100), 38449 (23/100), 37328 (22/100), 37335 (22/100), 37348 (22/100), 38453 (22/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Further scored ZIPs: 38459, 38488, 37047, 37144, 37334, 37359.

Underneath the scores, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Lincoln County report household income averaging about $61,922, below the national median, a 15% poverty rate, vacancy near 12.8%, an owner-occupied share of 82%, home values averaging roughly $263,292, below the US, residents with a median age around 43.4. Income, equity and tenure like these shape how much distress reaches the market and how fast it moves.

Net of it all, 22/100 over 12 ZIPs means Lincoln County is a screen-by-ZIP market where the ZIP scores point. A DLRadar subscription opens every Lincoln County parcel: owner, address and APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

No county is too small to score: Lincoln County, Tennessee runs through the same foreclosure, tax, lien and bank-stress model as every major metro, so Lincoln County's numbers mean exactly what they mean anywhere else in Tennessee.

The practical read on Lincoln County, Tennessee is a targeting one — find the ZIPs holding real financial pressure, then work the parcels underneath them. The Lincoln County scoring is reproducible from public sources alone, and DLRadar declines to estimate where the underlying record is incomplete.

Drilling in, Lincoln County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 38478 (25/100), 38449 (23/100), 37328 (22/100), 37335 (22/100), 37348 (22/100), 38453 (22/100). DLRadar also scores 38459, 38488, 37047, 37144, 37334, 37359 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 Lincoln 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.