ZIP 35079 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Blount County, Alabama's ZIP 35079 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structurally it carries 57/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (65/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 9,388 with a median age of 43. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $206,700 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). 88% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 3,769 housing units. Vacancy runs 8.4%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Median household income is $73,750, near the U.S. median near $78,000. About 16% have a four-year degree. The poverty rate is 9.6%.

On balance 35079 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 35079 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Big metro or rural, 35079 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 26/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Blount County, Alabama and the nation. Sparse data for 35079 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 35079's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For a buyer, 35079 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.