ZIP 42528 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 42528 in Casey County, Kentucky carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (54/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (22/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (35/100) and mortgage stress (22/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (80/100)). On the structural side it scores 35/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 42528 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.

The poverty rate is 25.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Population is roughly 2,348 with a median age of 32. At $48,750, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 64% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 16.5% — elevated. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $158,800 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 37/100. The ZIP holds roughly 815 housing units.

On the whole, 42528 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.