ZIP 29554 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Georgetown County, South Carolina's ZIP 29554 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 64/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (90/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.5% over the trailing year, and 3% higher over three years (phase confidence 38/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The poverty rate is 26.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The ZIP holds roughly 4,312 housing units. At $47,731, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. The typical home is worth about $156,700 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). 9,001 residents call 29554 home, typically aged 45. The vacancy rate is 19.3% — elevated.

Taken together, 29554 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.