ZIP 31602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 31602's composite property-distress score is 30/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Lowndes County, Georgia. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (71/100), structural risk (67/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 67/100 while live distress already moving reads 8/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 64/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 35,347 people live here, median age 29. The typical home is worth about $217,300 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $55,980, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 45% owner-occupied to 55% rented. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. There are about 16,059 housing units across 31602. Vacancy runs 10.1%. 22.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened.

On the whole, 31602 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. No parcel file is published for 31602 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 31602's 30/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Lowndes County, Georgia or any ZIP coast to coast. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 31602 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 31602'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 31602 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.