ZIP 42716 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 42716 (Larue County, Kentucky) at a low 15/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (76/100)). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (51/100), structural risk (32/100), construction/permit lag (29/100). construction/permit lag (29/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 32/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, 1.4% off the recent peak, at 34/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 1,640 with a median age of 48. 85% of housing is owner-occupied. Home values center near $188,800, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 8.4%. Median household income is $69,511, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The poverty rate is 12.3%. There are about 784 housing units across 42716. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households.

Overall, 42716 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 42716's 15/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 42716, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

42716's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 42716 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.