ZIP 36538 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Washington County, Alabama · High Vacancy market
On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 36538 in Washington County, Alabama comes in at 20, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (78/100)). On the structural side it scores 42/100, with 0/100 of stress already active. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (42/100).
The expansion-phase market in 36538 posted values that rose 5.0% over the year, at 34/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.
Median household income is $37,917, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 43% of homes, renters 57%. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 238 housing units. 330 residents call 36538 home, typically aged 30. Vacancy runs 50.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. 7.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.
Taken together, 36538 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 36538 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.
Big metro or rural, 36538 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 20/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Washington County, Alabama and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 36538 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
Each component behind 36538 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 20/100 roll-up. Practically, 36538 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
What is driving ZIP 36538’s distress
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 36538 distress snapshot
The live 36538 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
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