ZIP 36117 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 36117 in Montgomery County, Alabama comes in at 33, a moderate composite-distress reading. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 72/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 36117 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, 1.4% off the recent peak, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 38/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

About 52,608 people live here, median age 37. There are about 24,575 housing units across 36117. Around 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $72,237, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented. 11.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 9.8%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. A median home runs $241,700 here, or 3.1 times local income. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened.

Overall, 36117 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 36117 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 33/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Montgomery County, Alabama and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 36117 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 36117's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 36117 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.