ZIP 35404 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 35404 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 72/100 against active distress of 7/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (72/100), construction/permit lag (64/100), institutional ownership (59/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.4% over the trailing year, and 10% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

23,553 residents call 35404 home, typically aged 29. The typical home is worth about $197,500 (3.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 24.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 27.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 45% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households. At $45,521, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 11,334 housing units across 35404. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100.

Taken together, 35404 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.