ZIP 36609 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 36609 (Mobile County, Alabama) lands at 38/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (83/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (63/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Structural exposure scores 83 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 36609 posted values that rose 3.0% over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 12,734 housing units across 36609. Roughly 17.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $205,300 here, or 4.1 times local income. Vacancy runs 11.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 43% owner-occupied to 57% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 36609 scores 35/100. About 34% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. Population is roughly 24,091 with a median age of 35. Households earn a median $49,724 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On balance 36609 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.