ZIP 38556 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Fentress County, Tennessee, ZIP 38556 scores 9 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. On the structural side it scores 17/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. Its standout 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).

The expansion-phase market in 38556 posted values that rose 5.2% over the year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Households earn a median $42,819 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 25.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Population is roughly 12,531 with a median age of 50. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. About 14% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 38556 scores 35/100. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. The vacancy rate is 16.8% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 6,478 housing units. A median home runs $160,700 here, or 3.4 times local income.

On the whole, 38556 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.