ZIP 42324 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky's ZIP 42324 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (22/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 56/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 42324 posted values that rose 4.7% over the year (phase confidence 33/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $55,144, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 573 housing units. The poverty rate is 4.5% — low. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 17/100. The vacancy rate is 6.8%. The typical home is worth about $157,900 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). 89% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 1,120 with a median age of 49.

On balance 42324 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.