ZIP 37738 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 37738 (Sevier County, Tennessee) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (71/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (57/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.1% over the trailing year, and 10% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

5,269 residents call 37738 home, typically aged 43. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. Vacancy runs 72.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $334,100 (4.4× income). There are about 6,981 housing units across 37738. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. At $63,133, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 11.9%.

Taken together, 37738 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.