ZIP 36776 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 36776 (Hale County, Alabama) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (45/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 46/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.4% year on year (phase confidence 43/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $15,045, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 21.3% — elevated. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above. 40.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 47/100. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. About 1,904 people live here, median age 38. Home values center near $74,200, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 789 housing units.

Net-net, 36776 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.