ZIP 29596 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29596 in Marlboro County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (79/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (59/100), structural risk (58/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year (phase confidence 48/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,056 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. Around 74% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 22.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $80,400 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). At $33,125, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 1,972 residents call 29596 home, typically aged 48. The vacancy rate is 18.7% — elevated. 86% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 29596 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.