ZIP 35049 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 35049 in Blount County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (65/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 49/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on 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 35049 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 1% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,714 housing units. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. About 11% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 6.0%. On demographic stress specifically, 35049 scores 28/100. Roughly 12.9% live below the poverty line. Population is roughly 4,334 with a median age of 37. Households earn a median $60,451 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $190,600 here, or 3.0 times local income.

On balance 35049 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.