Marlboro County, SC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Marlboro County, SC, South Carolina: 8 ZIP codes scored, Marlboro County, SC averaging 28/100 (low, Marlboro, SC), from 25 to 32. Marlboro County, SC is in its expansion phase (Marlboro, SC confidence 48/100): Marlboro, SC home prices up 6.4% (Marlboro, SC) over twelve months. Marlboro County, SC lender headwind: 46/100.
Highest-scoring Marlboro County, SC ZIPs: 29565 (32/100), 29512 (28/100), 29516 (28/100), 29525 (28/100), 29570 (28/100), 29594 (28/100). Also scored in Marlboro County, SC: 29596, 29520.
Across Marlboro County, SC's scored ZIPs: median home value $76,413, household income $39,357, 19.9% vacancy, 26.1% poverty, 66% owner-occupied, median age 43.3.
Marlboro County, SC insurance distress 77/100 (#461 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Marlboro, SC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Marlboro County, SC since 2023; 5 Marlboro, SC NFIP flood claims, $107K paid; Marlboro, SC construction distress 69/100.
3 banks with 3 branches lend in Marlboro County, SC; Marlboro, SC weighted bank stress 60/100, highest 71/100 in Marlboro, SC.
Marlboro County, SC unemployment 7.0% (Marlboro, SC -2.1 pts, six months); 4 new housing units permitted in Marlboro County, SC over twelve months, Marlboro, SC down 20% from 5; Marlboro, SC home prices +6.3% a year (Marlboro, SC) over three years.
12,077 housing units in Marlboro County, SC; 3,600 Marlboro, SC renter households; 28% of Marlboro, SC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 16% (Marlboro, SC) half or more.
Marlboro County, SC ranks #607 nationally on the opportunity index (Marlboro, SC, among all ranked counties); Marlboro, SC scores 32.9/100 and Marlboro, SC sits #27 inside South Carolina. Marlboro, SC is in the overheated opportunity phase; Marlboro, SC's primary driver is vacancy, Marlboro, SC second driver construction; Marlboro, SC moved down 130 places. 1 short-sale listings across Marlboro, SC; 100 days on market observed in Marlboro, SC; 19.2% vacancy over 8 Marlboro, SC ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Marlboro County, SC. The non-metro area reading for Marlboro, SC: 1.4% ninety-plus days late; Marlboro, SC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 4.5% (Marlboro, SC, December 2025 data); South Carolina overall 1.2%.
Marlboro County, SC has 1 watched bank; 1 Marlboro, SC bank sits in an elevated band. Marlboro, SC footprints: Carolina Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 43) in Marlboro, SC.
HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Marlboro County, SC with 30 units; 30 Marlboro, SC units are assisted.
2,288 of the 12,077 housing units in Marlboro, SC sit vacant. Marlboro County, SC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Marlboro, SC's one-to-four unit structures added 4 units in Marlboro County, SC.