ZIP 65338 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 65338 (Benton County, Missouri) lands at 19/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (44/100), mortgage stress (8/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (8/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 44/100 against active distress of 3/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (61/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.4% year on year, and 33% higher over three years (phase confidence 29/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The poverty rate is 8.4%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. Median household income is $59,816, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $152,000, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 3,403 with a median age of 38. Vacancy runs 31.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. There are about 1,735 housing units across 65338.

On the whole, 65338 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. No parcel file is published for 65338 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 65338 runs hot or quiet, its 19/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 65338 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Benton County, Missouri or nationwide. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 65338 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 19/100 for 65338 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 65338 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.