ZIP 35073 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 35073 (Jefferson County, Alabama) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (24/100). Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 35073 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 38% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 2,839 with a median age of 43. The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. Vacancy runs 13.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 1,521 housing units across 35073. Households earn a median $57,679 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 17% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $117,100 here, or 2.0 times local income. Roughly 13.7% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 35073 scores 27/100. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households.

On the whole, 35073 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.