ZIP 36079 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Pike County, Alabama's ZIP 36079 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). The latent-versus-live split is 50/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (46/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $57,551, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The typical home is worth about $177,100 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. 9,282 residents call 36079 home, typically aged 37. The vacancy rate is 17.7% — elevated. Around 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 15.4%. The ZIP holds roughly 4,491 housing units.

Taken together, 36079 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.