ZIP 36736 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Marengo County, Alabama's ZIP 36736 registers 15/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (45/100), structural risk (31/100), mortgage stress (20/100). structural risk (31/100) and mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). The latent-versus-live split is 31/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year (phase confidence 38/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $51,691, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $109,300 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 772 housing units. 1,372 residents call 36736 home, typically aged 32. Around 53% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 28.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The vacancy rate is 19.0% — elevated. 84% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 36736 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.