ZIP 29581 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Horry County, South Carolina, ZIP 29581 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. Its standout signals are structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (62/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (29/100). Structurally it carries 79/100, against 9/100 of stress already in motion. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.2% year on year, and 65% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $54,609, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. The typical home is worth about $88,500 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). Around 10% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 19.3% — elevated. About 12% have a four-year degree. 4,604 residents call 29581 home, typically aged 37. Owners hold 79% of homes, renters 21%. The poverty rate is 23.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The ZIP holds roughly 2,154 housing units.

Taken together, 29581 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.

Big metro or rural, 29581 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 36/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Horry County, South Carolina and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 29581 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 29581's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 29581 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.