Darlington County, SC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Darlington County, SC, South Carolina: 10 ZIP codes scored, Darlington County, SC averaging 23/100 (low, Darlington, SC), from 18 to 31. Darlington County, SC is in its expansion phase (Darlington, SC confidence 49/100): Darlington, SC home prices up 6.2% (Darlington, SC) over twelve months, 2.5% under their peak. Darlington County, SC lender headwind: 45/100.
Highest-scoring Darlington County, SC ZIPs: 29506 (31/100), 29501 (30/100), 29161 (28/100), 29101 (24/100), 29593 (21/100), 29550 (20/100). Also scored in Darlington County, SC: 29079, 29532, 29540, 29069.
Across Darlington County, SC's scored ZIPs: median home value $147,938, household income $54,623, 14.7% vacancy, 17.2% poverty, 74% owner-occupied, median age 43.9.
Darlington County, SC insurance distress 40/100 (#1,326 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Darlington, SC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Darlington County, SC since 2023; Darlington, SC construction distress 15/100.
9 banks with 14 branches lend in Darlington County, SC; Darlington, SC weighted bank stress 57/100, highest 77/100 in Darlington, SC.
Darlington County, SC unemployment 5.0% (Darlington, SC -1.2 pts, six months); 265 new housing units permitted in Darlington County, SC over twelve months, Darlington, SC up 40% from 189; Darlington, SC home prices +8.0% a year (Darlington, SC) over three years.
29,763 housing units in Darlington County, SC; 7,364 Darlington, SC renter households; 49% of Darlington, SC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 24% (Darlington, SC) half or more.
Darlington County, SC ranks #1,147 nationally on the opportunity index (Darlington, SC, among all ranked counties); Darlington, SC scores 30.7/100 and Darlington, SC sits #36 inside South Carolina. Darlington, SC is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Darlington, SC's primary driver is vacancy, Darlington, SC second driver bank institutional; Darlington, SC moved up 423 places. 13 short-sale listings across Darlington, SC; 85 days on market observed in Darlington, SC; 15.0% vacancy over 10 Darlington, SC ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Darlington County, SC. The metro area reading for Darlington, SC (Florence, SC): 1.9% ninety-plus days late; Darlington, SC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 5.0% (Darlington, SC, December 2025 data); South Carolina overall 1.2%.
Darlington County, SC has 5 watched banks; 5 Darlington, SC banks sit in an elevated band. Darlington, SC footprints: Carolina Bank&Trust Co (5 branches, stress 43) in Darlington, SC; Dedicated Community Bank (1 branch, stress 77) in Darlington, SC; Oconee Fs&La (1 branch, stress 67) in Darlington, SC.
HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Darlington County, SC with 145 units; 145 Darlington, SC units are assisted, 3 Darlington, SC properties under project-based Section 8.
4,202 of the 29,763 housing units in Darlington, SC sit vacant. Darlington County, SC permitted 10 multifamily units in twelve months; Darlington, SC's one-to-four unit structures added 255 units in Darlington County, SC.