ZIP 38553 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 38553 (Fentress County, Tennessee) lands at 9/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (27/100), structural risk (17/100), mortgage stress (13/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (17/100) and mortgage stress (13/100). Structural risk reads 17/100 against active distress of 4/100.

The expansion-phase market in 38553 posted values that rose 5.2% over the year, and 39% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 2,541 with a median age of 42. The tenure split is 92% owner-occupied to 8% rented. Vacancy runs 0.0%. On demographic stress specifically, 38553 scores 24/100. A median home runs $174,800 here, or 2.6 times local income. Households earn a median $62,727 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,070 housing units across 38553. About 29% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. Roughly 9.9% live below the poverty line.

On balance 38553 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.