ZIP 29843 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 29843 in Bamberg County, South Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 22/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (73/100), structural risk (49/100), mortgage stress (31/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (31/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 49 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, at 48/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 27.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households. Home values center near $77,700, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. There are about 501 housing units across 29843. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. 35.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 1,056 people live here, median age 41. Median household income is $36,042, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 8% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100.

Net-net, 29843 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.