ZIP 36850 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Tallapoosa County, Alabama, ZIP 36850 scores 24 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (54/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (46/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, at 33/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 23.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 21.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $84,200 (1.7× income, relatively affordable). Around 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2,550 residents call 36850 home, typically aged 48. There are about 1,397 housing units across 36850. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. Rent burden reaches 64% of tenant households. At $41,705, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 36850 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.