ZIP 65254 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Howard County, Missouri · High Vacancy market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 65254 in Howard County, Missouri comes in at 21, a low composite-distress reading. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (35/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (5/100). Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.
The peak-phase market in 65254 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, at 21/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Population is roughly 1,808 with a median age of 41. At $61,818, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $156,800, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. 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. The ZIP holds roughly 919 housing units. The poverty rate is 9.0%. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100.
Taken together, 65254 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 65254 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
No ZIP is too small to score: 65254 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 21/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 65254 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
65254's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 65254 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
What is driving ZIP 65254’s distress
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
ZIP 65254 Stress Report snapshot
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