ZIP 35961 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 35961 (Dekalb County, Alabama) lands at 27/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 57/100 against active distress of 6/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (47/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100)).

The peak-phase market in 35961 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, and 24% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 2,669 housing units across 35961. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. A median home runs $100,200 here, or 2.0 times local income. About 7% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented. Vacancy runs 23.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 35961 scores 30/100. Roughly 17.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Population is roughly 5,997 with a median age of 37. Households earn a median $44,119 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 35961 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.