ZIP 31557 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 31557 in Pierce County, Georgia carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (72/100), institutional ownership (59/100), structural risk (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). On the structural side it scores 51/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (97/100)).

The peak-phase market in 31557 posted values that rose 3.1% over the year, and 34% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The poverty rate is 22.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Population is roughly 3,717 with a median age of 37. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $47,818, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $109,300 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 10.8%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The ZIP holds roughly 1,471 housing units.

On the whole, 31557 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.