ZIP 29039 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Orangeburg County, South Carolina's ZIP 29039 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100)). The split runs 71/100 structural to 9/100 active on the ground. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (72/100), structural risk (71/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (30/100) and mortgage stress (29/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.8% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 12% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 23.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 1,914 housing units across 29039. 15.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 20/100. Households earn a median $72,639 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. About 3,008 people live here, median age 45. Home values center near $53,100, an affordability ratio of 0.7× — accessible.

Taken together, 29039 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 29039 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 29039 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 32/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Orangeburg County, South Carolina and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 29039 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 29039'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. Practically, 29039 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.