ZIP 31518 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 31518 in Appling County, Georgia carries a composite property-distress score of 22/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. On the structural side it scores 47/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (97/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (62/100), structural risk (47/100), construction/permit lag (28/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (28/100) and mortgage stress (25/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

87% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 20.9% — elevated. Home values center near $196,200, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. There are about 303 housing units across 31518. 822 residents call 31518 home, typically aged 38. The poverty rate is 18.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $86,750, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 31518 scores 40/100.

Net-net, 31518 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 31518 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 31518 runs hot or quiet, its 22/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 31518 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Appling County, Georgia or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 31518 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

31518's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 31518 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.