ZIP 66002 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 66002 (Atchison County, Kansas) at a minimal 8/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (28/100), structural risk (17/100), institutional ownership (7/100). institutional ownership (7/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 17/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, and 32% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

13,197 residents call 66002 home, typically aged 33. Vacancy runs 13.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $149,100 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). 69% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. There are about 5,243 housing units across 66002. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. At $62,738, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 13.9%.

Taken together, 66002 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.