ZIP 29671 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Pickens County, South Carolina's ZIP 29671 registers 37/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100). On the structural side it scores 83/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (71/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $65,429, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 19,210 residents call 29671 home, typically aged 42. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 8,386 housing units. The poverty rate is 12.0%. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $216,000 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 13.4% — elevated.

Taken together, 29671 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.