Beaufort County, NC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Beaufort County, NC, North Carolina: 15 ZIP codes scored, Beaufort County, NC averaging 30/100 (moderate, Beaufort, NC), from 21 to 32. Beaufort County, NC is in its peak phase (Beaufort, NC confidence 18/100): Beaufort, NC home prices up 1.9% (Beaufort, NC) over twelve months. Beaufort County, NC lender headwind: 21/100.

Highest-scoring Beaufort County, NC ZIPs: 27806 (32/100), 27808 (32/100), 27814 (32/100), 27817 (32/100), 27821 (32/100), 27865 (32/100). Also scored in Beaufort County, NC: 28586, 27810, 27889, 27834, 27837, 27860, 27892, 27871, 27962.

Across Beaufort County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $165,600, household income $52,570, 25.0% vacancy, 17.1% poverty, 76% owner-occupied, median age 45.7.

Beaufort County, NC insurance distress 76/100 (#489 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Beaufort, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Beaufort County, NC since 2023; 16 Beaufort, NC NFIP flood claims, $75K paid; Beaufort, NC construction distress 53/100.

6 banks with 9 branches lend in Beaufort County, NC; Beaufort, NC weighted bank stress 52/100, highest 71/100 in Beaufort, NC.

Beaufort County, NC unemployment 3.5% (Beaufort, NC -0.3 pts, six months); 126 new housing units permitted in Beaufort County, NC over twelve months, Beaufort, NC down 5% from 133; Beaufort, NC home prices +13.5% a year (Beaufort, NC) over three years.

24,526 housing units in Beaufort County, NC; 5,712 Beaufort, NC renter households; 42% of Beaufort, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Beaufort, NC) half or more.

Beaufort County, NC ranks #667 nationally on the opportunity index (Beaufort, NC, among all ranked counties); Beaufort, NC scores 32.5/100 and Beaufort, NC sits #32 inside North Carolina. Beaufort, NC is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Beaufort, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Beaufort, NC second driver bank institutional; Beaufort, NC moved up 325 places. 9 short-sale listings across Beaufort, NC; 108 days on market observed in Beaufort, NC; 18.5% vacancy over 15 Beaufort, NC ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Beaufort County, NC. The non-metro area reading for Beaufort, NC: 1.3% ninety-plus days late; Beaufort, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.4% (Beaufort, NC, December 2025 data); North Carolina overall 0.9%.

Beaufort County, NC has 3 watched banks; 3 Beaufort, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Beaufort, NC footprints: First Bank (2 branches, stress 47) in Beaufort, NC; First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 71) in Beaufort, NC; Southern Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 69) in Beaufort, NC.

HUD lists 4 assisted multifamily properties in Beaufort County, NC with 73 units; 73 Beaufort, NC units are assisted, 1 Beaufort, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

5,141 of the 24,526 housing units in Beaufort, NC sit vacant. Beaufort County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Beaufort, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 126 units in Beaufort County, NC.