ZIP 42518 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wayne County, Kentucky's ZIP 42518 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 56/100 against active distress of 7/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (53/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (22/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (63/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.6% year on year, and 3% lower over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 2,098 housing units across 42518. A median home runs $156,000 here, or 2.5 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 42518 scores 37/100. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. Vacancy runs 48.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $52,472 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 24.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 17% have a four-year degree. About 2,946 people live here, median age 45. Rent burden reaches 58% of tenant households.

Net-net, 42518 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.