ZIP 38229 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 38229 (Weakley County, Tennessee) lands at 23/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. On the structural side it scores 49/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (75/100). Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (71/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (23/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (23/100) and mortgage stress (11/100).

The peak-phase market in 38229 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year, and 53% higher over three years, at 19/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

A median home runs $146,600 here, or 2.6 times local income. Vacancy runs 18.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Population is roughly 2,509 with a median age of 44. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 1,181 housing units across 38229. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. 12.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $56,161 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100.

On the whole, 38229 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 38229 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 38229 runs hot or quiet, its 23/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 38229 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Weakley County, Tennessee or nationwide. Sparse data for 38229 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 38229's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For a buyer, 38229 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.