ZIP 35979 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 35979 (Dekalb County, Alabama) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100)). On the structural side it scores 54/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (52/100), institutional ownership (46/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100).

The peak-phase market in 35979 posted values that rose 3.5% over the year (phase confidence 32/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Roughly 18.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. About 3% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 417 housing units. Population is roughly 885 with a median age of 42. The tenure split is 97% owner-occupied to 3% rented. Households earn a median $48,611 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 3.3%. On demographic stress specifically, 35979 scores 23/100. A median home runs $137,000 here, or 2.7 times local income.

On balance 35979 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.