ZIP 35542 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 35542 in Fayette County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Its heaviest discrete signals: institutional ownership (47/100), structural risk (27/100). structural risk (27/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 27/100 structural and 0/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 35542 posted values that rose 5.0% over the year (phase confidence 34/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

34.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $40,667, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 1,027 with a median age of 41. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 7% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 506 housing units across 35542. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The tenure split is 96% owner-occupied to 4% rented. The vacancy rate is 10.6%.

Taken together, 35542 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 35542 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 35542 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 14/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Fayette County, Alabama and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 35542 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

35542'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. Practically, 35542 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.