ZIP 38801 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Lee County, Mississippi's ZIP 38801 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (74/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (39/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (39/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.4% year on year, and 14% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 13,738 housing units across 38801. 15.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $197,100, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. Vacancy runs 15.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 29,817 people live here, median age 36. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Median household income is $63,447, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. Owners hold 61% of homes, renters 39%. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 38801 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.