ZIP 29902 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Beaufort County, South Carolina · High Vacancy market
In Beaufort County, South Carolina, ZIP 29902 scores 41 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 90/100 against active distress of 9/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (90/100), institutional ownership (72/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (29/100) register low.
The market reads peak — home values rose 4.0% year on year, and 30% higher over three years (phase confidence 51/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Population is roughly 16,916 with a median age of 32. Owners hold 65% of homes, renters 35%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. At $72,564, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 7,357 housing units across 29902. The vacancy rate is 14.8% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 38% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $349,100 (4.2× income). The poverty rate is 13.9%.
Net-net, 29902 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.
Big metro or rural, 29902 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 41/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Beaufort County, South Carolina and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 29902 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
29902's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 29902 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
Signal-by-signal read on 29902
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 29902 by the numbers
A live read on 29902: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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Every distressed parcel in 29902 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to funding and closing, refreshed continuously nationwide.
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