ZIP 31602 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lowndes County, Georgia, ZIP 31602 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100)). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (71/100), structural risk (69/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100). Structural risk reads 69/100 against active distress of 8/100.

The expansion-phase market in 31602 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 47/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 35,347 with a median age of 29. The typical home is worth about $217,300 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). At $55,980, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 45% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. There are about 16,059 housing units across 31602. Vacancy runs 10.1%. The poverty rate is 22.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households.

On the whole, 31602 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.