ZIP 36502 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 36502 in Escambia County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 72 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (72/100), construction/permit lag (71/100), institutional ownership (61/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 26% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

16,008 residents call 36502 home, typically aged 43. There are about 7,284 housing units across 36502. The typical home is worth about $139,000 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Around 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 22.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. 65% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 19.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $41,136, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 36502 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.