ZIP 35234 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 35234 (Jefferson County, Alabama) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (59/100), mortgage stress (24/100). mortgage stress (24/100) and construction/permit lag (5/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100)). Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $23,804, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 42/100. Roughly 35.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 12% have a four-year degree. There are about 2,528 housing units across 35234. Home values center near $114,300, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 57% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 33.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 52% owner-occupied to 48% rented. About 3,828 people live here, median age 47.

Taken together, 35234 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 35234 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 35234 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Jefferson County, Alabama and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 35234 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

35234's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. In workflow terms, 35234 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.