ZIP 66040 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 66040 in Linn County, Kansas comes in at 16, a low composite-distress reading. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (27/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 38/100 structural and 4/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 32% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 2,091 housing units across 66040. On demographic stress specifically, 66040 scores 25/100. Population is roughly 3,527 with a median age of 49. About 21% have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth about $174,300 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). Households earn a median $59,413 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 13% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 21.4% — elevated. Roughly 13.8% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 66040 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 66040 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 66040 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 66040 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Linn County, Kansas. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 66040 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 16/100 figure for 66040 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. The point of the 66040 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.