ZIP 29401 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29401 in Charleston County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 80/100 against active distress of 7/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (80/100), construction/permit lag (67/100), institutional ownership (62/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, and 49% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

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. 57% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 5,754 housing units across 29401. At $90,074, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 52% of tenant households. Around 75% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 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. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.