ZIP 42123 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Barren County, Kentucky, ZIP 42123 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100)). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (78/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (47/100). Structural exposure scores 57 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 42123 posted values that rose 4.5% over the year, at 33/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $36,607, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. There are about 614 housing units across 42123. Population is roughly 1,203 with a median age of 30. Vacancy runs 20.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 16.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

On the whole, 42123 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.