ZIP 29540 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 29540 (Darlington County, South Carolina) lands at 19/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. The split runs 39/100 structural to 5/100 active on the ground. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (42/100), structural risk (39/100), mortgage stress (18/100). mortgage stress (18/100) and construction/permit lag (10/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (77/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.2% over the trailing year, 2.5% off the recent peak, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 49/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

3,596 residents call 29540 home, typically aged 49. Households earn a median $43,654 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 14.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The ZIP holds roughly 2,137 housing units. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. About 10% have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth about $95,300 (1.5× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 20.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100.

Net-net, 29540 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 29540 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 29540's 19/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Darlington County, South Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 29540 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Each component behind 29540 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 19/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 29540 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.