ZIP 35049 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 35049 in Blount County, Alabama comes in at 27, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (65/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (61/100)). Latent structural risk is 60/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (56/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 1% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 1,714 housing units across 35049. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 6.0%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. 12.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 4,334 people live here, median age 37. Median household income is $60,451, below the U.S. median near $78,000. A median home runs $190,600 here, or 3.0 times local income.

Overall, 35049 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 35049 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 35049 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 27/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 35049 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

35049's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 35049 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.