ZIP 29053 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29053 (Lexington County, South Carolina) lands at 28/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (60/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100). The latent-versus-live split is 60/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 8,843 housing units. The typical home is worth about $126,300 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 21.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. 20,818 residents call 29053 home, typically aged 35. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. 68% of housing is owner-occupied. At $54,141, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 9.6%.

Taken together, 29053 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.