ZIP 31816 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 31816 (Meriwether County, Georgia) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (73/100). The latent-versus-live split is 38/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (76/100), institutional ownership (39/100), structural risk (38/100). structural risk (38/100) and mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, and 34% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $51,052, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. 4,872 residents call 31816 home, typically aged 42. 17.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $144,700, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,532 housing units. Owners hold 62% of homes, renters 38%. The vacancy rate is 18.4% — elevated.

Taken together, 31816 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.