ZIP 29403 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29403 (Charleston County, South Carolina) at a moderate 36/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 80 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (80/100), construction/permit lag (67/100), institutional ownership (62/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100)).

The peak-phase market in 29403 posted values that rose 1.6% over the year, and 33% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 22,319 with a median age of 31. The tenure split is 35% owner-occupied to 65% rented. A median home runs $674,000 here, or 9.5 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 29403 scores 54/100. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 20.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 25.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $65,689 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 13,460 housing units across 29403. About 57% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 29403 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.