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

Laurens County, SC, South Carolina: 16 ZIP codes scored, Laurens County, SC averaging 30/100 (moderate, Laurens, SC), from 22 to 36. Laurens County, SC is in its peak phase (Laurens, SC confidence 22/100): Laurens, SC home prices up 3.2% (Laurens, SC) over twelve months. Laurens County, SC lender headwind: 49/100.

Highest-scoring Laurens County, SC ZIPs: 29681 (36/100), 29644 (34/100), 29388 (32/100), 29654 (32/100), 29325 (30/100), 29332 (30/100). Also scored in Laurens County, SC: 29351, 29360, 29370, 29384, 29645, 29692, 29335, 29355, 29037, 29178.

Across Laurens County, SC's scored ZIPs: median home value $164,100, household income $77,409, 17.6% vacancy, 15.6% poverty, 77% owner-occupied, median age 42.7.

Laurens County, SC insurance distress 91/100 (#93 in the US); FEMA hazard 93/100 for Laurens, SC; 8 federal disaster declarations in Laurens County, SC since 2023 (2 hurricane); 7 Laurens, SC NFIP flood claims, $518K paid; Laurens, SC construction distress 36/100.

8 banks with 10 branches lend in Laurens County, SC; Laurens, SC weighted bank stress 62/100, highest 79/100 in Laurens, SC.

Laurens County, SC unemployment 4.2% (Laurens, SC -1.4 pts, six months); 913 new housing units permitted in Laurens County, SC over twelve months, Laurens, SC up 14% from 801; Laurens, SC home prices +12.2% a year (Laurens, SC) over three years.

32,027 housing units in Laurens County, SC; 7,715 Laurens, SC renter households; 38% of Laurens, SC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Laurens, SC) half or more.

Laurens County, SC ranks #418 nationally on the opportunity index (Laurens, SC, among all ranked counties); Laurens, SC scores 33.9/100 and Laurens, SC sits #15 inside South Carolina. Laurens, SC is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Laurens, SC's primary driver is vacancy, Laurens, SC second driver bank institutional; Laurens, SC moved up 349 places. 22 short-sale listings across Laurens, SC; 85 days on market observed in Laurens, SC; 15.4% vacancy over 16 Laurens, SC ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Laurens County, SC. The metro area reading for Laurens, SC (Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC): 1.1% ninety-plus days late; Laurens, SC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.7% (Laurens, SC, December 2025 data); South Carolina overall 1.2%.

Laurens County, SC has 2 watched banks; 2 Laurens, SC banks sit in an elevated band. Laurens, SC footprints: United Community Bank (2 branches, stress 56) in Laurens, SC; Arthur State Bank (1 branch, stress 79) in Laurens, SC.

HUD lists 8 assisted multifamily properties in Laurens County, SC with 181 units; 179 Laurens, SC units are assisted, 3 Laurens, SC properties under project-based Section 8.

5,068 of the 32,027 housing units in Laurens, SC sit vacant. Laurens County, SC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Laurens, SC's one-to-four unit structures added 913 units in Laurens County, SC.