ZIP 29638 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Abbeville County, South Carolina, ZIP 29638 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Latent structural risk is 49/100 while live distress already moving reads 8/100. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (66/100), structural risk (49/100), mortgage stress (26/100). mortgage stress (26/100) and construction/permit lag (11/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100)).

The peak-phase market in 29638 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 1% lower over three years (phase confidence 22/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $157,700, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. 9.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 3,669 residents call 29638 home, typically aged 44. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. At $65,071, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 1,590 housing units across 29638. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. The vacancy rate is 13.3% — elevated. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households.

Taken together, 29638 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 29638 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 29638's 23/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Abbeville County, South Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the public record is thin for 29638, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 29638'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. For a buyer, 29638 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.