ZIP 36738 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Marengo County, Alabama, ZIP 36738 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the structural side it scores 49/100, with 0/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)).

The peak-phase market in 36738 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year (phase confidence 40/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

On demographic stress specifically, 36738 scores 37/100. Roughly 25.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 23.5% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 340 housing units. Around 62% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $33,700 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 933 with a median age of 50. The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. About 16% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 36738 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.