ZIP 39817 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 39817 (Decatur County, Georgia) at a low 27/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 56 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.9% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 23.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $159,800 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 11,561 residents call 39817 home, typically aged 35. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. 61% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 4,989 housing units across 39817. At $50,841, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 32.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 39817 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.