ZIP 29438 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 29438 (Charleston County, South Carolina) lands at 36/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. Structurally it carries 80/100, against 8/100 of stress already in motion. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (80/100), construction/permit lag (71/100), institutional ownership (62/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.5% year on year, and 47% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Population is roughly 2,659 with a median age of 63. Home values center near $642,400, an affordability ratio of 7.2× — stretched. There are about 3,573 housing units across 29438. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 61.2% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 29438 scores 45/100. Around 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 62% of tenant households. Households earn a median $77,386 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 29438 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. No parcel file is published for 29438 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 29438 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 29438 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Charleston County, South Carolina or nationwide. Sparse data for 29438 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Each component behind 29438 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 36/100 roll-up. For an operator, 29438 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.