ZIP 42541 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 42541 in Casey County, Kentucky carries a composite property-distress score of 18/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (79/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (40/100), mortgage stress (23/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 40 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.7% over the trailing year, at 33/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Owners hold 100% of homes, renters 0%. There are about 245 housing units across 42541. Median household income is $42,525, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 29.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 8.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $127,800. 499 residents call 42541 home, typically aged 41. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100.

Taken together, 42541 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.