ZIP 29205 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29205 (Richland County, South Carolina) at a moderate 35/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 77 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (56/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (26/100).

The peak-phase market in 29205 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 21% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 22,757 with a median age of 30. A median home runs $349,700 here, or 5.4 times local income. There are about 12,696 housing units across 29205. Vacancy runs 14.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 52% owner-occupied to 48% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 29205 scores 36/100. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Households earn a median $62,197 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 18.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 66% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 29205 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.