ZIP 29166 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29166 (Saluda County, South Carolina) lands at 18/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (92/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (50/100), structural risk (38/100), construction/permit lag (33/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (33/100) and mortgage stress (21/100). Structural risk reads 38/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 29166 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 790 with a median age of 46. There are about 398 housing units across 29166. On demographic stress specifically, 29166 scores 37/100. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. About 15% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households. A median home runs $93,700 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 32.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 29.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $44,625 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 29166 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.