ZIP 29474 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29474 in Colleton County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 38/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 85/100 against active distress of 9/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (85/100), institutional ownership (71/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (29/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, at 48/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 983 housing units across 29474. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. Rent burden reaches 96% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 8% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $143,100, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. Vacancy runs 24.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 43/100. 22.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 1,275 people live here, median age 62. Median household income is $39,635, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 29474 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.