ZIP 42501 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pulaski County, Kentucky · High Vacancy market
ZIP 42501's composite property-distress score is 26/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Pulaski County, Kentucky. Structural exposure scores 56 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), climate & FEMA risk (77/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (61/100), structural risk (56/100), mortgage stress (25/100). mortgage stress (25/100) and construction/permit lag (7/100) stay muted.
The peak-phase market in 42501 posted values that rose 4.4% over the year, and 29% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
The typical home is worth about $142,200 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 21.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 17.3% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 8,281 housing units. Population is roughly 17,441 with a median age of 41. About 17% have a four-year degree. 63% of housing is owner-occupied. At $49,449, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 42501 scores 33/100.
Net-net, 42501 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.
The 42501 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 26/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 42501 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 42501 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
The 26/100 figure for 42501 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 42501 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
What is driving ZIP 42501’s distress
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 42501 distress snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 42501, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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