ZIP 29003 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29003 (Bamberg County, South Carolina) lands at 22/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (72/100), structural risk (50/100), mortgage stress (31/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (31/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, at 48/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 22.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $108,300, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible. 23.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. About 5,616 people live here, median age 50. There are about 2,805 housing units across 29003. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. Median household income is $51,341, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100.

Net-net, 29003 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.