ZIP 35130 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Walker County, Alabama, ZIP 35130 scores 28 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 60 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (21/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (87/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)).

The peak-phase market in 35130 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, at 27/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 22.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 11% have a four-year degree. There are about 1,683 housing units across 35130. Households earn a median $37,692 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 3,239 with a median age of 46. Roughly 19.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $90,400 here, or 2.7 times local income. Rent burden reaches 66% of tenant households. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 35130 scores 36/100.

On the whole, 35130 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.