ZIP 65254 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 65254 in Howard County, Missouri carries a composite property-distress score of 11/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (71/100), structural risk (25/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 25/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The peak-phase market in 65254 posted values that rose 3.7% over the year, at 40/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,808 with a median age of 41. Households earn a median $61,818 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $156,800 here, or 2.3 times local income. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. Vacancy runs 19.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households. There are about 919 housing units across 65254. Roughly 9.0% live below the poverty line. About 27% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 65254 scores 27/100.

On the whole, 65254 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.