ZIP 31779 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Mitchell County, Georgia, ZIP 31779 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are institutional ownership (60/100), structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (96/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 56/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 31779 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. The poverty rate is 22.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 13.4% — elevated. Around 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $112,000 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). At $50,450, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 8,877 with a median age of 37. The ZIP holds roughly 3,458 housing units. 67% of housing is owner-occupied.

On the whole, 31779 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.