ZIP 29940 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 29940 (Beaufort County, South Carolina) lands at 38/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (85/100), construction/permit lag (76/100), institutional ownership (71/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (29/100). Structural risk reads 85/100 against active distress of 9/100.

The peak-phase market in 29940 posted values that rose 2.1% over the year, 2.1% off the recent peak, and 36% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $172,100 here, or 2.3 times local income. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. Population is roughly 3,594 with a median age of 56. On demographic stress specifically, 29940 scores 22/100. Vacancy runs 17.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Households earn a median $50,642 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,817 housing units across 29940. About 21% have a four-year degree. Roughly 20.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

On the whole, 29940 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.