ZIP 36049 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Crenshaw County, Alabama, ZIP 36049 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), institutional ownership (66/100), structural risk (55/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 8/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 7% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

5,314 residents call 36049 home, typically aged 44. At $53,073, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 2,559 housing units across 36049. Rent burden reaches 20% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $140,900 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 13.1%. Vacancy runs 20.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 36049 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.