ZIP 36858 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Russell County, Alabama's ZIP 36858 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 65 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (61/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)).

The peak-phase market in 36858 posted values that rose 3.4% over the year, 1.4% off the recent peak, at 48/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $178,600 here, or 4.0 times local income. There are about 216 housing units across 36858. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. Rent burden reaches 61% of tenant households. Population is roughly 441 with a median age of 58. About 17% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 8.3%. Households earn a median $35,590 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 36858 scores 37/100. Roughly 22.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

On the whole, 36858 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.