ZIP 29203 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29203 in Richland County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 77/100 against active distress of 8/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (56/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $141,300 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). At $42,371, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 14.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. 48% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. 40,811 residents call 29203 home, typically aged 35. There are about 18,954 housing units across 29203. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 28.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 29203 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.