ZIP 35988 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 35988 (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 (77/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100).

The peak-phase market in 35988 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.

Households earn a median $53,036 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $158,500 here, or 2.4 times local income. The vacancy rate is 12.8% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 35988 scores 24/100. The ZIP holds roughly 874 housing units. About 23% have a four-year degree. Around 12% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. Roughly 8.9% live below the poverty line. Population is roughly 2,376 with a median age of 35.

On the whole, 35988 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.