ZIP 29401 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 29401 (Charleston County, South Carolina) returns a moderate composite of 36/100. Structural exposure scores 80 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (80/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (64/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).

The neutral-phase market in 29401 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, and 49% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The typical home is worth about $1,164,800 (12.9× income, severely stretched). Vacancy runs 29.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 9,210 residents call 29401 home, typically aged 34. The tenure split is 57% owner-occupied to 43% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 5,754 housing units. Households earn a median $90,074 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 52% of tenant households. Around 75% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 51/100. The poverty rate is 17.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 29401 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 29401 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 29401's 36/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Charleston County, South Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 29401, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 36/100 for 29401 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 29401 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.