ZIP 29471 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29471 (Dorchester County, South Carolina) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (68/100), mortgage stress (25/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) and construction/permit lag (19/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (89/100). The latent-versus-live split is 69/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.7% year on year (phase confidence 34/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The ZIP holds roughly 662 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 43/100. 28.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 92% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. About 1,332 people live here, median age 39. The vacancy rate is 14.3% — elevated. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%. Median household income is $32,029, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $109,700, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible.

Net-net, 29471 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.