ZIP 29853 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Barnwell County, South Carolina, ZIP 29853 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (75/100), institutional ownership (74/100), structural risk (67/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (29/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 9/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 29853 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 49% higher over three years (phase confidence 42/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

On demographic stress specifically, 29853 scores 31/100. Roughly 24.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $107,100 here, or 2.6 times local income. About 13% have a four-year degree. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 6,011 with a median age of 40. Households earn a median $39,003 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 68% owner-occupied to 32% rented. The vacancy rate is 16.4% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 2,941 housing units.

On the whole, 29853 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.