ZIP 29128 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Sumter County, South Carolina, ZIP 29128 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 62/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (72/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (65/100), structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (55/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low.

The expansion-phase market in 29128 posted values that rose 7.2% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 55/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

A median home runs $100,200 here, or 2.7 times local income. Around 14% of renters are cost-burdened. About 4,309 people live here, median age 47. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. Roughly 26.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. There are about 2,101 housing units across 29128. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The vacancy rate is 14.9% — elevated. Households earn a median $38,945 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 29128 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 29128 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 29128's 29/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 29128 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

29128's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 29128 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.