ZIP 29486 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29486 (Berkeley County, South Carolina) lands at 38/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). The latent-versus-live split is 84/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (84/100), construction/permit lag (74/100), institutional ownership (71/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.6% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $87,386, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $367,700, an affordability ratio of 3.8× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 32% bachelor's-or-above. 15.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 6.0%. The ZIP holds roughly 21,508 housing units. About 48,964 people live here, median age 36. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%.

Net-net, 29486 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.