ZIP 66097 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 66097 (Jefferson County, Kansas) returns a minimal composite of 11/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (24/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 24/100, with 1/100 of stress already active.

The expansion-phase market in 66097 posted values that rose 5.0% over the year (phase confidence 32/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $254,300 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $66,635, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 939 with a median age of 49. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. There are about 514 housing units across 66097. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. 94% of housing is owner-occupied. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 4.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

Net-net, 66097 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 66097 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 66097's 11/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 66097 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 11/100 figure for 66097 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 66097 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.