ZIP 38868 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 38868 (Lee County, Mississippi) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (73/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100)). On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (36/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (36/100) and mortgage stress (15/100).

The neutral-phase market in 38868 posted values that rose 4.4% over the year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Households earn a median $52,985 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 38868 scores 32/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,161 housing units. Population is roughly 4,700 with a median age of 38. About 22% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $142,300 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 22.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 15.6% — elevated.

On the whole, 38868 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.