ZIP 29940 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 29940 (Beaufort County, South Carolina) returns a moderate composite of 41/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100)). The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (90/100), institutional ownership (72/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (29/100). Structural exposure scores 90 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 29940 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 36% higher over three years (phase confidence 51/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $172,100 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). 87% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 3,594 with a median age of 56. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. The vacancy rate is 17.4% — elevated. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $50,642 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 1,817 housing units. About 21% have a four-year degree. 20.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 29940 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 29940 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 29940 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 41/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 29940 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Beaufort County, South Carolina. Where the public record is thin for 29940, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 29940's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. The point of the 29940 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.