ZIP 37861 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Grainger County, Tennessee's ZIP 37861 registers 17/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (68/100), institutional ownership (38/100), structural risk (36/100). structural risk (36/100) and mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 36/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (71/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.4% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years (phase confidence 39/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $53,797, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 15.9%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The vacancy rate is 21.6% — elevated. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $213,600 (3.8× income, relatively affordable). 8,578 residents call 37861 home, typically aged 47. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 4,438 housing units.

Taken together, 37861 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.