ZIP 42330 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, ZIP 42330 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 56/100 against active distress of 7/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (22/100).

The peak-phase market in 42330 posted values that rose 4.7% over the year, and 27% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $151,200 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). 76% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 13.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $47,904, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Population is roughly 9,354 with a median age of 41. There are about 4,084 housing units across 42330. The poverty rate is 21.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households.

On the whole, 42330 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.