ZIP 42160 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 42160 in Edmonson County, Kentucky carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). Structural exposure scores 46 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (63/100), institutional ownership (57/100), structural risk (46/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.1% over the trailing year, and 44% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Roughly 30.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. 2,693 residents call 42160 home, typically aged 32. The vacancy rate is 7.7%. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $49,688, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 19% have a four-year degree. Owners hold 66% of homes, renters 34%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. The ZIP holds roughly 927 housing units. Home values center near $157,000, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible.

Taken together, 42160 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 42160 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 21/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 42160 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

42160's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 42160 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.