ZIP 36874 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 36874 (Lee County, Alabama) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Structural risk reads 72/100 against active distress of 7/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (72/100), construction/permit lag (65/100), institutional ownership (62/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years, at 42/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 4,197 housing units across 36874. 94% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 13.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $194,900 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 10.7%. 10,329 residents call 36874 home, typically aged 47. At $63,211, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 36874 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.