ZIP 38237 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 38237 in Weakley County, Tennessee carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (71/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (23/100). institutional ownership (23/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 49/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (75/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.0% year on year, and 26% higher over three years, at 19/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $49,301 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. About 28% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 55% owner-occupied to 45% rented. The typical home is worth about $200,900 (3.9× income, relatively affordable). Population is roughly 15,273 with a median age of 31. The poverty rate is 22.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 12.2% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. There are about 6,952 housing units across 38237.

Net-net, 38237 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 38237 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 38237 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Weakley County, Tennessee or nationwide. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 38237 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

38237's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 38237 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.