ZIP 29038 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Orangeburg County, South Carolina's ZIP 29038 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (72/100), structural risk (71/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (30/100) and mortgage stress (29/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 29038 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 0% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,182 housing units. Median household income is $40,872, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 13.1% — elevated. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. About 2,452 people live here, median age 41. The poverty rate is 16.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. The typical home is worth about $157,700 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 29038 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 29038 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Whether 29038 runs hot or quiet, its 33/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 29038 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Orangeburg County, South Carolina or nationwide. 29038 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 29038's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For an operator, 29038 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.