ZIP 37642 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Hawkins County, Tennessee, ZIP 37642 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 46 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (44/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.6% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

14,491 residents call 37642 home, typically aged 45. Vacancy runs 14.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 10.7%. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The typical home is worth about $189,200 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). There are about 7,227 housing units across 37642. At $63,963, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 37642 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.