Jefferson County, AL: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Jefferson County, Alabama using verifiable public-record signals alone. The county's ZIP scores run from 29 up to 31/100. DLRadar scores 64 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 28/100. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 46/100.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 2.7% over twelve months (phase confidence 22/100). This late in the run, broad sweeps stop paying — the edge is parcel by parcel.

With Jefferson County flat at +2.7% YoY (22/100 confidence), selectivity rules and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A mid-cycle 46/100 lender reading means mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Leading Jefferson County on distress: 35444 (31/100), 35005 (29/100), 35006 (29/100), 35020 (29/100), 35022 (29/100), 35023 (29/100). Also scored across the county: 35036, 35060, 35061, 35064, 35068, 35071, 35073, 35080, 35091, 35116.

By the numbers, Jefferson County's tracked footprint run a median household income near $77,189 (near the US norm), a 16.9% poverty rate, residents with a median age around 38.6, a 14% vacancy rate, home values averaging roughly $234,683, below the US, 69% owner-occupancy. These fundamentals signal the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

With a low 28/100 reading over 64 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Jefferson County to see every parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

Whether Jefferson County, Alabama carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Jefferson County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Jefferson County, Alabama is best worked from the top of the score down; blanket outreach across Jefferson County dilutes effort that the ZIP-level numbers would have focused. Every Jefferson County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.

Drilling in, Jefferson County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 35444 (31/100), 35005 (29/100), 35006 (29/100), 35020 (29/100), 35022 (29/100), 35023 (29/100). DLRadar also scores 35036, 35060, 35061, 35064, 35068, 35071, 35073, 35080 and more 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.

DLRadar's composite for Jefferson County blends several independent signals — foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, and the bank-stress headwind of the lenders operating locally — into one 0–100 score per ZIP, so a market can rank high on one axis and low on another.