ZIP 38858 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 38858 in Itawamba County, Mississippi carries a composite property-distress score of 19/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (48/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (23/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (23/100) and mortgage stress (12/100). Structural exposure scores 42 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.7% year on year, and 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 6,279 with a median age of 38. The vacancy rate is 27.8% — elevated. There are about 2,857 housing units across 38858. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $124,500 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). Roughly 14.3% live below the poverty line. Median household income is $60,852, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. 75% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 38858 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 38858 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 38858's 19/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Itawamba County, Mississippi or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 38858, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 19/100 for 38858 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 38858 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.