ZIP 35979 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 35979 in Dekalb County, Alabama comes in at 27, a low composite-distress reading. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100). The latent-versus-live split is 57/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (66/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (44/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

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. 97% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $48,611 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 3.3%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Home values center near $137,000, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible.

Overall, 35979 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 35979 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Big metro or rural, 35979 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 27/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Dekalb County, Alabama and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 35979, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 27/100 figure for 35979 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 35979 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.