ZIP 29340 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29340 (Cherokee County, South Carolina) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 64 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (64/100), structural risk (64/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100).

The peak-phase market in 29340 posted values that rose 3.7% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 14.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 9,576 housing units across 29340. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. About 12% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 21,394 with a median age of 41. On demographic stress specifically, 29340 scores 32/100. A median home runs $108,800 here, or 2.6 times local income. Households earn a median $42,359 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 22.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

On the whole, 29340 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.