ZIP 65326 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 65326 in Benton County, Missouri carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. On the structural side it scores 34/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (40/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (12/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (12/100) and institutional ownership (10/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (64/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.4% over the trailing year, and 0% lower over three years, at 29/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $181,100 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). Roughly 11.8% live below the poverty line. There are about 2,201 housing units across 65326. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 42/100. The tenure split is 94% owner-occupied to 6% rented. Vacancy runs 63.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 10% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $52,763 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 1,722 residents call 65326 home, typically aged 63. Rent burden reaches 89% of tenant households.

Taken together, 65326 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 65326 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 65326 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 16/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 65326 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Benton County, Missouri. Where the public record is thin for 65326, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 16/100 figure for 65326 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 65326 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.