ZIP 29142 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29142 (Orangeburg County, South Carolina) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (72/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (29/100). Structural exposure scores 75 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 29142 posted values that rose 3.7% over the year, and 46% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 4,658 with a median age of 49. On demographic stress specifically, 29142 scores 36/100. There are about 1,999 housing units across 29142. Vacancy runs 15.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 21% have a four-year degree. Roughly 21.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. Households earn a median $50,673 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $182,500 here, or 3.3 times local income. Rent burden reaches 64% of tenant households.

On the whole, 29142 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.