ZIP 36701 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 36701 (Dallas County, Alabama) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (52/100). mortgage stress (22/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). Latent structural risk is 64/100 while live distress already moving reads 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 36701 posted values that rose 3.9% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $40,466, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. 22,358 residents call 36701 home, typically aged 37. The ZIP holds roughly 10,492 housing units. 61% of housing is owner-occupied. About 21% have a four-year degree. Roughly 25.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Home values center near $108,200, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. Around 57% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 16.0% — elevated.

Taken together, 36701 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 36701 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

The 36701 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 28/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 36701 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Dallas County, Alabama. Where the public record is thin for 36701, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

36701's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 36701 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.