ZIP 36016 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 36016 in Barbour County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (99/100), structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (54/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 56/100 against active distress of 7/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.6% over the trailing year, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

4,357 residents call 36016 home, typically aged 41. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 1,768 housing units across 36016. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 24.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $76,700 (1.3× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. At $57,396, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 11.7%.

Taken together, 36016 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.