Columbus County, NC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Columbus County, NC, North Carolina: 16 ZIP codes scored, Columbus County, NC averaging 30/100 (moderate, Columbus, NC), from 29 to 36. Columbus County, NC is in its peak phase (Columbus, NC confidence 22/100): Columbus, NC home prices up 2.8% (Columbus, NC) over twelve months. Columbus County, NC lender headwind: 25/100.
Highest-scoring Columbus County, NC ZIPs: 28320 (36/100), 28433 (36/100), 28456 (32/100), 28423 (30/100), 28438 (30/100), 28424 (29/100). Also scored in Columbus County, NC: 28430, 28431, 28432, 28436, 28439, 28442, 28450, 28455, 28463, 28472.
Across Columbus County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $148,381, household income $49,953, 22.4% vacancy, 18.6% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 44.5.
Columbus County, NC insurance distress 83/100 (#262 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Columbus, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Columbus County, NC since 2023; 45 Columbus, NC NFIP flood claims, $1.8M paid; Columbus, NC construction distress 19/100.
6 banks with 10 branches lend in Columbus County, NC; Columbus, NC weighted bank stress 51/100, highest 71/100 in Columbus, NC.
Columbus County, NC unemployment 4.2% (Columbus, NC -0.2 pts, six months); 54 new housing units permitted in Columbus County, NC over twelve months, Columbus, NC up 35% from 40; Columbus, NC home prices +11.4% a year (Columbus, NC) over three years.
23,563 housing units in Columbus County, NC; 5,334 Columbus, NC renter households; 35% of Columbus, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Columbus, NC) half or more.
Columbus County, NC ranks #2,079 nationally on the opportunity index (Columbus, NC, among all ranked counties); Columbus, NC scores 27.4/100 and Columbus, NC sits #92 inside North Carolina. Columbus, NC is in the weak opportunity phase; Columbus, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Columbus, NC second driver bank institutional; Columbus, NC moved up 233 places. 1 short-sale listings across Columbus, NC; 96 days on market observed in Columbus, NC; 18.5% vacancy over 16 Columbus, NC ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Columbus County, NC. The non-metro area reading for Columbus, NC: 1.3% ninety-plus days late; Columbus, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.4% (Columbus, NC, December 2025 data); North Carolina overall 0.9%.
Columbus County, NC has 3 watched banks; 3 Columbus, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Columbus, NC footprints: Truist Bank (2 branches, stress 62) in Columbus, NC; First Bank (2 branches, stress 47) in Columbus, NC; First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 71) in Columbus, NC.
HUD lists 6 assisted multifamily properties in Columbus County, NC with 143 units; 142 Columbus, NC units are assisted, 2 Columbus, NC properties under project-based Section 8.
3,515 of the 23,563 housing units in Columbus, NC sit vacant. Columbus County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Columbus, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 54 units in Columbus County, NC.