Butler County, AL: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
DLRadar tracks property distress across Butler County, Alabama using verifiable public-record signals alone. ZIP-level distress ranges from 24/100 at the top down to 17/100. 8 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 22/100 distress. Lender pressure in Butler County registers 38/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind.
The expansion-phase county posted home values that rose 5.0% over twelve months (phase confidence 34/100). While the county appreciates, the laggards keep building even as the headline looks strong.
Through Butler County's +5.0% YoY climb (34/100 confidence), liquidity improves for clean exits which speeds resale of distressed buys. A moderate 38/100 lender headwind points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.
Distress concentrates in ZIP 36030 (24/100), ZIP 36033 (24/100), ZIP 36037 (24/100), ZIP 36042 (24/100), ZIP 36456 (23/100), ZIP 36474 (21/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Coverage extends to 36071, 36032 among others.
On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Butler County show household income averaging about $46,386, below the national median, a median age of 43.1, 30.5% of units sitting vacant, typical home values near $97,013, poverty running near 23.1%, 77% of homes owner-occupied. Income, equity and tenure like these signal the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.
All in at 22/100 over 8 ZIPs, Butler County is a screen-by-ZIP market for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Butler County to see every parcel's owner, address and APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.
No county is too small to score: Butler County, Alabama runs through the same foreclosure, tax, lien and bank-stress model as every major metro, so Butler County's numbers mean exactly what they mean anywhere else in Alabama.
Used properly, Butler County, Alabama's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Butler County as a whole. Every Butler County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.
Drilling in, Butler County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 36030 (24/100), 36033 (24/100), 36037 (24/100), 36042 (24/100), 36456 (23/100), 36474 (21/100). DLRadar also scores 36071, 36032 across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.
Under Butler County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.
| ZIP | State | Distress score | 🔒 Owner | 🔒 Property Address | 🔒 Parcel ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36030 | AL | 24 | |||
| 36033 | AL | 24 | |||
| 36037 | AL | 24 | |||
| 36042 | AL | 24 | |||
| 36456 | AL | 23 | |||
| 36474 | AL | 21 | |||
| 36071 | AL | 20 | |||
| 36032 | AL | 17 |
Butler County ZIPs ranked by distress
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