ZIP 36579 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Baldwin County, Alabama's ZIP 36579 registers 37/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 82 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (82/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (65/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (28/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)).

The peak-phase market in 36579 posted values that rose 2.6% over the year, 1.2% off the recent peak, and 17% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,448 with a median age of 49. About 25% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $166,100 here, or 3.5 times local income. There are about 911 housing units across 36579. Households earn a median $68,750 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 46.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 36579 scores 38/100. Rent burden reaches 80% of tenant households. The tenure split is 98% owner-occupied to 2% rented. Roughly 9.4% live below the poverty line.

On the whole, 36579 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.