ZIP 65779 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 65779 (Hickory County, Missouri) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (30/100), mortgage stress (8/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (8/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 30/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The peak-phase market in 65779 posted values that rose 4.1% over the year, at 33/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,132 with a median age of 61. There are about 980 housing units across 65779. A median home runs $179,700 here, or 3.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 65779 scores 31/100. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. About 12% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $33,942 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 22.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 44.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 19% of tenant households.

On the whole, 65779 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.