ZIP 35580 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 35580 in Walker County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (80/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 35580 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $56,667 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 45% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 18.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 24.9% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 1,981 housing units. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. About 14% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 35580 scores 29/100. A median home runs $101,600 here, or 1.8 times local income. Population is roughly 3,526 with a median age of 47.

On the whole, 35580 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.