ZIP 29685 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Pickens County, South Carolina's ZIP 29685 registers 37/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 83 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (71/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100).

The peak-phase market in 29685 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, at 30/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 2,046 with a median age of 59. A median home runs $828,500 here, or 2.9 times local income. There are about 1,490 housing units across 29685. Households earn a median $124,432 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 98% owner-occupied to 2% rented. About 40% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 38.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 29685 scores 21/100. Roughly 11.3% live below the poverty line.

On the whole, 29685 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.