ZIP 66842 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Butler County, Kansas's ZIP 66842 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (67/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 6/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 37.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $72,750, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 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. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 11.8%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100.

Taken together, 66842 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.