ZIP 29420 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 29420 (Dorchester County, South Carolina) returns a moderate composite of 36/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (55/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (26/100). On the structural side it scores 79/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (89/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Median household income is $69,043, near the U.S. median near $78,000. 63% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 9,957 housing units across 29420. Vacancy runs 4.9%. Around 54% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $331,700 (4.1× income). Around 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. On demographic stress specifically, 29420 scores 35/100. Roughly 14.3% live below the poverty line. About 23,311 people live here, median age 35.

Overall, 29420 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 29420 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 29420 runs hot or quiet, its 36/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 29420 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Dorchester County, South Carolina or nationwide. Sparse data for 29420 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 36/100 figure for 29420 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 29420 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.