ZIP 29431 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29431 (Berkeley County, South Carolina) lands at 38/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). The latent-versus-live split is 84/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (84/100), construction/permit lag (74/100), institutional ownership (71/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

81% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 7.0%. The poverty rate is 9.8%. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $59,880, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $220,600 (3.6× income, relatively affordable). Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. 7,376 residents call 29431 home, typically aged 44. The ZIP holds roughly 3,023 housing units.

Overall, 29431 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.