ZIP 29180 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Fairfield County, South Carolina, ZIP 29180 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Structurally it carries 55/100, against 8/100 of stress already in motion. The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (68/100), structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.6% year on year, and 23% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $121,000, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. Median household income is $41,604, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 6,566 housing units. The vacancy rate is 22.2% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Population is roughly 11,862 with a median age of 42. 21.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households.

Net-net, 29180 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 29180 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The 29180 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 29180 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Fairfield County, South Carolina. Where the record is thin for 29180, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 25/100 figure for 29180 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 29180 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.