ZIP 38017 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 38017 (Shelby County, Tennessee) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (43/100). mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (88/100). On the structural side it scores 70/100, with 5/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a recovery phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year, and 8% higher over three years (phase confidence 13/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Around 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 2.8% — low. 56,427 residents call 38017 home, typically aged 41. The ZIP holds roughly 21,486 housing units. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. At $135,946, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 4.2%. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $495,200 (3.5× income, relatively affordable).

Overall, 38017 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.