ZIP 35578 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 35578 (Walker County, Alabama) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 63 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (45/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.3% over the trailing year, and 12% lower over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

89% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 15.6%. The typical home is worth about $106,800 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 13.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 5,791 residents call 35578 home, typically aged 43. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,535 housing units across 35578. Rent burden reaches 65% of tenant households. At $54,769, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 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. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.