ZIP 29018 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 29018 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina comes in at 33, a moderate composite-distress reading. Latent structural risk is 73/100 while live distress already moving reads 9/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (73/100), structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (29/100) stay muted.

The peak-phase market in 29018 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, at 21/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $108,000, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible. The poverty rate is 19.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Population is roughly 3,374 with a median age of 39. About 10% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 1,587 housing units. Vacancy runs 15.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 29018 scores 30/100. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. Median household income is $39,694, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 29018 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 29018 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 29018's 33/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Orangeburg County, South Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 29018 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 33/100 figure for 29018 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 29018 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.