ZIP 29212 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 29212 (Lexington County, South Carolina) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (25/100). The split runs 73/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.6% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 27,701 with a median age of 41. On demographic stress specifically, 29212 scores 25/100. The vacancy rate is 6.7%. At $74,652, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $247,000, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. 8.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The tenure split is 70% owner-occupied to 30% rented. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. There are about 13,520 housing units across 29212. Educational attainment sits at 46% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 29212 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 29212 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 33/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 29212, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 33/100 for 29212 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 29212 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.