ZIP 35973 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Cherokee County, Alabama, ZIP 35973 scores 32 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (61/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100). The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100)).

The peak-phase market in 35973 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year (phase confidence 38/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $62,652 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $69,400 here, or 1.6 times local income. Roughly 7.9% live below the poverty line. Around 4% of renters are cost-burdened. About 14% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 23.0% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 35973 scores 21/100. The ZIP holds roughly 1,428 housing units. Population is roughly 3,313 with a median age of 39. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented.

On the whole, 35973 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.