ZIP 36017 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Barbour County, Alabama, ZIP 36017 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). The latent-versus-live split is 56/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (54/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.5% year on year (phase confidence 32/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $97,000, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. 32.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $40,074, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 63% of homes, renters 37%. Educational attainment sits at 8% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 23.3% — elevated. About 3,152 people live here, median age 44. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 993 housing units.

Net-net, 36017 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.