Charleston County, SC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Charleston County, South Carolina, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. Individual Charleston County ZIPs score between 35 and 36 on the 0–100 composite. DLRadar scores 31 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 36/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 47/100 (moderate).

The neutral-phase county posted home values that rose 4.2% over twelve months, at 22/100 phase confidence. With pricing topped out, the average masks the outliers with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

At +4.2% YoY and 22/100 confidence, the wins are surgical and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. Mid-range bank stress at 47/100 implies a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Highest scores land in 29401 (36/100), 29403 (36/100), 29404 (36/100), 29405 (36/100), 29406 (36/100), 29407 (36/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Other tracked Charleston County ZIPs include 29409, 29412, 29414, 29418, 29420, 29424, 29425, 29426, 29429, 29438.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Charleston County run a 13.1% poverty rate, 67% of homes owner-occupied, a median household income near $86,900 (near the US norm), a 17.5% vacancy rate, residents with a median age around 41.4, home values averaging roughly $579,878, above the US. Numbers like these signal the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

With a moderate 36/100 reading over 31 ZIPs, Charleston County is a screen-by-ZIP market and not a county-wide play. Subscribers get each Charleston County parcel's owner, APN and address, a distress score and bank-exposure read.

Whether Charleston County, South Carolina 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 Charleston County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

In Charleston County, South Carolina, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. Nothing in the Charleston County read is modelled: recorder and court filings drive foreclosure and lien signals, FHFA sets the price cycle, FDIC the lender stress, and a thin source stays blank.

Drilling in, Charleston County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 29401 (36/100), 29403 (36/100), 29404 (36/100), 29405 (36/100), 29406 (36/100), 29407 (36/100). DLRadar also scores 29409, 29412, 29414, 29418, 29420, 29424, 29425, 29426 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.

The Charleston County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.