ZIP 29706 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29706 (Chester County, South Carolina) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (53/100), construction/permit lag (35/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (35/100) and mortgage stress (25/100). Structural risk reads 53/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 29706 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 19,181 with a median age of 43. Vacancy runs 11.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 8,874 housing units across 29706. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. Roughly 22.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $50,141 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 29706 scores 32/100. A median home runs $158,800 here, or 2.8 times local income. About 15% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 29706 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.