ZIP 66842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Butler County, Kansas, ZIP 66842 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structurally it carries 71/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.4% year on year (phase confidence 31/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Vacancy runs 37.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $72,750, near the U.S. median near $78,000. 432 residents call 66842 home, typically aged 47. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $136,800 (1.7× income, relatively affordable). There are about 292 housing units across 66842. Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. Educational attainment sits at 38% bachelor's-or-above. 11.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 66842 scores 20/100.

Net-net, 66842 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 66842 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 66842 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 31/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 66842 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Butler County, Kansas. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 66842, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

66842's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 66842 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.