ZIP 29061 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29061 (Richland County, South Carolina) at a moderate 35/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 77 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (56/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (26/100).

The peak-phase market in 29061 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 48% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 12,875 with a median age of 44. Roughly 11.6% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 11.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 5,379 housing units across 29061. About 25% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $58,741 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $171,400 here, or 2.8 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 29061 scores 27/100. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households.

On balance 29061 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.