ZIP 29166 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 29166 (Saluda County, South Carolina) lands at 19/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (95/100). Leading the profile are institutional ownership (51/100), construction/permit lag (44/100), structural risk (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. The split runs 41/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.6% over the trailing year, at 24/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 790 with a median age of 46. The ZIP holds roughly 398 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 29166 scores 37/100. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households. Home values center near $93,700, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. The poverty rate is 32.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 29.9% — elevated. Median household income is $44,625, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 29166 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.

Big metro or rural, 29166 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 19/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Saluda County, South Carolina and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 29166, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 29166 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 19/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 29166 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.