ZIP 37888 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 37888 (Grainger County, Tennessee) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (69/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (38/100), structural risk (37/100). structural risk (37/100) and mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 37 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

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

The typical home is worth about $137,400 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 20.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 1,532 housing units across 37888. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. 3,385 residents call 37888 home, typically aged 49. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. At $50,443, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 19.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 37888 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.