ZIP 36426 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 36426 in Escambia County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (81/100), institutional ownership (62/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (26/100). On the structural side it scores 81/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)).

The peak-phase market in 36426 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, and 28% higher over three years (phase confidence 38/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $50,065 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Roughly 18.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 36426 scores 32/100. The vacancy rate is 24.8% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 7,357 housing units. A median home runs $142,000 here, or 2.5 times local income. About 16% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 16,049 with a median age of 38.

On the whole, 36426 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.