ZIP 38068 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Fayette County, Tennessee's ZIP 38068 registers 25/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (74/100). On the structural side it scores 53/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (72/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (33/100). institutional ownership (33/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a recovery phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year, and 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 13/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $63,022, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 18.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 11.1%. 10,854 residents call 38068 home, typically aged 42. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. The ZIP holds roughly 4,389 housing units. The typical home is worth about $286,800 (4.1× income). 70% of housing is owner-occupied.

Overall, 38068 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.