ZIP 37917 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Knox County, Tennessee, ZIP 37917 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (44/100), mortgage stress (17/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (17/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 5/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 37917 posted values that rose 2.4% over the year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 39/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $51,232 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 14,056 housing units. The tenure split is 48% owner-occupied to 52% rented. About 31% have a four-year degree. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 37917 scores 33/100. A median home runs $219,200 here, or 3.7 times local income. Population is roughly 25,738 with a median age of 40. Roughly 19.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 12.7% — elevated.

On the whole, 37917 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.