ZIP 29040 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Sumter County, South Carolina's ZIP 29040 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (79/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100)). On the structural side it scores 52/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (46/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100).

The peak-phase market in 29040 posted values that rose 3.0% over the year, and 27% higher over three years (phase confidence 51/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 8.1%. Population is roughly 8,906 with a median age of 31. Households earn a median $64,623 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. About 21% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 29040 scores 29/100. The ZIP holds roughly 3,902 housing units. A median home runs $162,100 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 17.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented.

On balance 29040 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.