ZIP 35442 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 35442 (Pickens County, Alabama) at a minimal 14/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 29 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (45/100), structural risk (29/100), mortgage stress (20/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (29/100) and mortgage stress (20/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)).

The peak-phase market in 35442 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, at 42/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 5,539 with a median age of 40. Vacancy runs 24.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $139,000 here, or 3.5 times local income. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 35442 scores 41/100. About 12% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 54% owner-occupied to 46% rented. Households earn a median $34,274 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 2,111 housing units across 35442. Roughly 34.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

On the whole, 35442 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.