ZIP 35148 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 35148 in Walker County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (80/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 60/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100).

The peak-phase market in 35148 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 54% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,187 housing units. Roughly 16.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $56,115 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Around 3% of renters are cost-burdened. About 10% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $162,700 here, or 2.6 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 35148 scores 25/100. The vacancy rate is 18.5% — elevated. Population is roughly 2,270 with a median age of 43.

On the whole, 35148 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.