ZIP 36853 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Tallapoosa County, Alabama's ZIP 36853 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (63/100). The latent-versus-live split is 46/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (45/100), construction/permit lag (38/100). construction/permit lag (38/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $66,767, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $292,200 (3.9× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 6,446 housing units. Around 28% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 10.9%. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 43.8% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. 9,110 residents call 36853 home, typically aged 50.

Taken together, 36853 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.