ZIP 65261 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 65261 (Chariton County, Missouri) lands at 10/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (22/100), mortgage stress (7/100). mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 22/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.1% over the trailing year, at 33/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

76% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households. 1,310 residents call 65261 home, typically aged 40. There are about 769 housing units across 65261. Vacancy runs 38.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $61,964, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $152,500 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 16.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100.

Taken together, 65261 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.