ZIP 35952 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 35952 (Etowah County, Alabama) lands at 27/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (77/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (47/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Structural exposure scores 58 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 35952 posted values that rose 3.3% over the year, and 17% higher over three years, at 29/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $117,500 here, or 2.7 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 35952 scores 31/100. Population is roughly 8,901 with a median age of 42. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 22.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $44,973 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. There are about 3,634 housing units across 35952. About 12% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 35952 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.