ZIP 42039 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 42039 (Graves County, Kentucky) at a low 24/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 53 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (72/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100).

The peak-phase market in 42039 posted values that rose 4.1% over the year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 721 housing units across 42039. The typical home is worth about $143,200 (2.0× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 11.2%. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 11.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households. Population is roughly 1,491 with a median age of 42. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. At $63,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

On balance 42039 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.