ZIP 38603 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Benton County, Mississippi's ZIP 38603 registers 2/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in mortgage stress (6/100), structural risk (4/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, structural risk (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 4 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads recovery — home values rose 2.3% year on year, at 13/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 2,602 people live here, median age 52. Owners hold 91% of homes, renters 9%. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $44,725, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $143,400, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible. Vacancy runs 36.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Rent burden reaches 12% of tenant households. There are about 1,797 housing units across 38603. 14.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 38603 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.