ZIP 36272 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Cherokee County, Alabama's ZIP 36272 registers 28/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 61/100 against active distress of 7/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (57/100), construction/permit lag (56/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.1% year on year, and 23% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 18.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. There are about 6,128 housing units across 36272. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $52,726, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households. Home values center near $142,600, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. 17.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 12,996 people live here, median age 44. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100.

Net-net, 36272 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.