ZIP 38488 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Lincoln County, Tennessee · High Vacancy market
On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 38488 in Lincoln County, Tennessee comes in at 22, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100)). Latent structural risk is 49/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100. Leading the profile are structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (39/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (16/100).
The peak-phase market in 38488 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year, and 36% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Around 12% of renters are cost-burdened. About 21% have a four-year degree. At $64,630, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,931 with a median age of 52. The ZIP holds roughly 1,085 housing units. The vacancy rate is 13.8% — elevated. A median home runs $261,500 here, or 3.8 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 38488 scores 28/100. Roughly 22.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Owners hold 87% of homes, renters 13%.
Taken together, 38488 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 38488 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 38488's 22/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 38488, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
The 22/100 for 38488 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 38488 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
Signal-by-signal read on 38488
Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
38488 at a glance
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