ZIP 29540 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Darlington County, South Carolina's ZIP 29540 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 46/100 against active distress of 5/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (43/100), construction/permit lag (38/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (38/100) and mortgage stress (18/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (79/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.7% year on year, 3.2% off the recent peak, and 18% higher over three years, at 48/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 3,596 people live here, median age 49. Median household income is $43,654, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 14.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 2,137 housing units across 29540. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 10% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $95,300, an affordability ratio of 1.5× — accessible. 20.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 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. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.