ZIP 36869 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Russell County, Alabama · High Vacancy market
Composite property distress in 36869 (Russell County, Alabama) lands at 26/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (59/100), structural risk (59/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, 1.6% off the recent peak, and 11% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Population is roughly 20,987 with a median age of 39. The typical home is worth about $136,700 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). 58% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 10,301 housing units across 36869. Roughly 21.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 13.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. At $50,341, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.
On the whole, 36869 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 36869 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
The number is not local guesswork: 36869's 26/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 36869, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
Each component behind 36869 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 26/100 roll-up. For an operator, 36869 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
Signal-by-signal read on 36869
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 36869 by the numbers
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