ZIP 37843 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Cocke County, Tennessee's ZIP 37843 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (65/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). The latent-versus-live split is 72/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

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

At $66,071, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $180,400 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 13.1%. The ZIP holds roughly 2,237 housing units. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. 4,385 residents call 37843 home, typically aged 44. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 8.8%.

Overall, 37843 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.