ZIP 37843 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 37843 (Cocke County, Tennessee) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (69/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (89/100). Structurally it carries 77/100, against 8/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.0% year on year (phase confidence 19/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $66,071, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $180,400, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. Roughly 13.1% live below the poverty line. The ZIP holds roughly 2,237 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. On demographic stress specifically, 37843 scores 27/100. 4,385 residents call 37843 home, typically aged 44. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 8.8%.

Net-net, 37843 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 37843 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 33/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Cocke County, Tennessee and the nation. Sparse data for 37843 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Each component behind 37843 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 33/100 roll-up. The point of the 37843 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.