ZIP 35501 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 35501 (Walker County, Alabama) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (80/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (45/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.9% year on year, and 25% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 10,032 people live here, median age 34. There are about 4,719 housing units across 35501. Home values center near $141,500, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. Owners hold 61% of homes, renters 39%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. Median household income is $44,918, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 22.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. 26.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 35501 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.