ZIP 35578 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Walker County, Alabama's ZIP 35578 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The split runs 37/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100)). The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (37/100), mortgage stress (19/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (37/100) and mortgage stress (19/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.5% year on year, and 12% lower over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. 15.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $106,800, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 13.0% — elevated. 5,791 residents call 35578 home, typically aged 43. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 2,535 housing units across 35578. Rent burden reaches 65% of tenant households. Median household income is $54,769, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100.

Taken together, 35578 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 35578 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 35578's 19/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 35578 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 19/100 for 35578 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, 35578 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.