ZIP 36344 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Geneva County, Alabama's ZIP 36344 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 52 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (45/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.7% year on year, 1.3% off the recent peak, and 24% higher over three years, at 61/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 5,345 people live here, median age 37. Home values center near $173,500, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. There are about 2,457 housing units across 36344. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. 17.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $61,635, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 17.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Net-net, 36344 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.