ZIP 36742 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 36742 in Marengo County, Alabama carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The latent-versus-live split is 28/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (74/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (40/100), structural risk (28/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, structural risk (28/100) and mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.1% year on year, and 7% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $142,000, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 16.7% — elevated. Owners hold 84% of homes, renters 16%. Around 24% of renters are cost-burdened. 2,841 residents call 36742 home, typically aged 33. About 18% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $44,196 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 16.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. There are about 1,132 housing units across 36742. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100.

Net-net, 36742 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 36742 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Big metro or rural, 36742 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 14/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Marengo County, Alabama and the nation. 36742 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

36742's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 36742 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.