ZIP 29851 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Aiken County, South Carolina's ZIP 29851 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (65/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100). On the structural side it scores 77/100, with 8/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.6% over the trailing year, and 30% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The vacancy rate is 16.8% — elevated. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 4,029 housing units. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9,081 residents call 29851 home, typically aged 39. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The poverty rate is 11.2%. The typical home is worth about $164,000 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). At $65,882, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 75% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 29851 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.