ZIP 36744 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 36744 (Hale County, Alabama) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Structural exposure scores 46 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 36744 posted values that rose 3.4% over the year, at 42/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. Roughly 32.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $136,100 here, or 4.5 times local income. Households earn a median $33,983 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 3,439 housing units across 36744. About 15% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 24.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households. Population is roughly 5,662 with a median age of 40. On demographic stress specifically, 36744 scores 42/100.

On the whole, 36744 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.