ZIP 29404 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 29404 (Charleston County, South Carolina) returns a moderate composite of 37/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (82/100), construction/permit lag (71/100), institutional ownership (63/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (89/100). Structural risk reads 82/100 against active distress of 0/100.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.2% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

About 40% have a four-year degree. Roughly 4.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 29404 scores 56/100. Median household income is $74,821, near the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 676 housing units across 29404. Population is roughly 2,217 with a median age of 21. The tenure split is 0% owner-occupied to 100% rented. Vacancy runs 12.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

Taken together, 29404 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.

The 29404 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 37/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 29404 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Charleston County, South Carolina. 29404 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

29404's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For a buyer, 29404 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.