ZIP 42501 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Pulaski County, Kentucky, ZIP 42501 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (77/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100)). Its standout signals are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100).

The peak-phase market in 42501 posted values that rose 4.5% over the year, and 29% 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 $142,200 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 21.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 17.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 8,281 housing units across 42501. Population is roughly 17,441 with a median age of 41. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 63% of housing is owner-occupied. At $49,449, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100.

On the whole, 42501 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.