ZIP 35542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 35542 (Fayette County, Alabama) lands at 14/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (49/100), structural risk (28/100). structural risk (28/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). On the structural side it scores 28/100, with 0/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year (phase confidence 38/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The poverty rate is 34.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $40,667, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 1,027 residents call 35542 home, typically aged 41. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 506 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. 96% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 10.6%.

Taken together, 35542 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.