ZIP 29146 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 29146 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 82/100 against active distress of 8/100. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (82/100), construction/permit lag (79/100), institutional ownership (71/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (97/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.1% over the trailing year (phase confidence 23/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 18.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $79,600 here, or 2.5 times local income. The poverty rate is 22.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented. About 16% have a four-year degree. At $36,591, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,295 with a median age of 44. Around 77% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 621 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100.

On the whole, 29146 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.

The 29146 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 37/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 29146 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Sparse data for 29146 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 29146's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 29146 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.