ZIP 29479 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29479 in Berkeley County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 38/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (84/100), construction/permit lag (74/100), institutional ownership (71/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 84/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 15.9% — elevated. The poverty rate is 26.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $48,245, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 6,287 residents call 29479 home, typically aged 42. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $127,700 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,652 housing units. 79% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 29479 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.