ZIP 29209 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Richland County, South Carolina, ZIP 29209 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (69/100), structural risk (66/100), mortgage stress (26/100). mortgage stress (26/100) and construction/permit lag (12/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.6% year on year, and 14% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $206,500 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Roughly 19.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. There are about 16,684 housing units across 29209. The vacancy rate is 10.0%. The tenure split is 59% owner-occupied to 41% rented. Educational attainment sits at 39% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. 37,314 residents call 29209 home, typically aged 33. At $58,854, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Overall, 29209 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 29209 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

The 29209 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 31/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 29209 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Richland County, South Carolina. 29209 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Each component behind 29209 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 31/100 roll-up. For an operator, 29209 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.