ZIP 35031 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Blount County, Alabama, ZIP 35031 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 49 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (65/100)). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100).

The peak-phase market in 35031 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 5% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 7,937 with a median age of 37. A median home runs $141,000 here, or 2.5 times local income. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. Households earn a median $54,036 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 35031 scores 29/100. Vacancy runs 16.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 15.5% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. There are about 3,351 housing units across 35031. About 16% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 35031 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.