ZIP 38553 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 38553 (Fentress County, Tennessee) lands at 8/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (23/100), structural risk (16/100), mortgage stress (13/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (16/100) and mortgage stress (13/100). Structurally it carries 16/100, against 4/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 39% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

2,541 residents call 38553 home, typically aged 42. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 0.0%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. Home values center near $174,800, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Households earn a median $62,727 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 1,070 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. 9.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Overall, 38553 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 38553 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 38553 runs hot or quiet, its 8/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 38553 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Fentress County, Tennessee or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 38553, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 38553'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, 38553 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.