ZIP 29438 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29438 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 8/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (80/100), construction/permit lag (67/100), institutional ownership (63/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.1% year on year, and 47% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 2,659 people live here, median age 63. Home values center near $642,400, an affordability ratio of 7.2× — stretched. There are about 3,573 housing units across 29438. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. Vacancy runs 61.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 45/100. Educational attainment sits at 48% bachelor's-or-above. 8.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 62% of tenant households. Median household income is $77,386, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 29438 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.