ZIP 29038 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Orangeburg County, South Carolina, ZIP 29038 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (72/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). mortgage stress (29/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 9/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, and 0% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 1,182 housing units across 29038. At $40,872, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 13.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. 2,452 residents call 29038 home, typically aged 41. The poverty rate is 16.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The typical home is worth about $157,700 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 29038 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.