ZIP 29581 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Horry County, South Carolina's ZIP 29581 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). mortgage stress (29/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 77/100 structural and 9/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year, and 65% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

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. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4,604 residents call 29581 home, typically aged 37. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. 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.