ZIP 35544 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Lamar County, Alabama, ZIP 35544 scores 12 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (25/100). By contrast, structural risk (25/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 25/100 structural and 0/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 35544 posted values that rose 5.0% over the year (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 965 people live here, median age 49. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 13% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 397 housing units. Median household income is $54,342, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 12.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 4.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 35544 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 35544 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

No ZIP is too small to score: 35544 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 12/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 35544 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 12/100 for 35544 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 35544 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.