ZIP 29638 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 29638 (Abbeville County, South Carolina) at a low 25/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, and 1% lower over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $157,700 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 9.1%. 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. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 1,590 housing units across 29638. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. Vacancy runs 13.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households.

Taken together, 29638 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.