ZIP 35118 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 35118 (Jefferson County, Alabama) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 7/100. 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). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)).

The peak-phase market in 35118 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 1% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 3,131 with a median age of 39. Households earn a median $63,333 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,222 housing units across 35118. Roughly 12.3% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 16.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 35118 scores 28/100. A median home runs $164,800 here, or 2.5 times local income. About 15% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households.

On the whole, 35118 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.