ZIP 42553 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 42553 (Pulaski County, Kentucky) at a low 27/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (77/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100)). The split runs 58/100 structural to 7/100 active on the ground. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (58/100), mortgage stress (25/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100) and construction/permit lag (18/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.4% over the trailing year, and 38% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The poverty rate is 17.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. On demographic stress specifically, 42553 scores 32/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,384 housing units. Rent burden reaches 56% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 7.2%. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. The typical home is worth about $154,500 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). At $52,031, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 5,962 residents call 42553 home, typically aged 37.

Overall, 42553 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 42553 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 42553 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 27/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 42553 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 42553 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 27/100 for 42553 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 42553 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.