ZIP 29596 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Marlboro County, South Carolina, ZIP 29596 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). Structural risk reads 59/100 against active distress of 7/100. The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (62/100), structural risk (59/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, at 48/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,056 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Rent burden reaches 74% of tenant households. About 4% have a four-year degree. 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). Households earn a median $33,125 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 1,972 with a median age of 48. Vacancy runs 18.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%.

Net-net, 29596 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 29596 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 29596 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 27/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 29596 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Marlboro County, South Carolina. Sparse data for 29596 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 27/100 for 29596 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 29596 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.