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

Craven County, NC, North Carolina: 11 ZIP codes scored, Craven County, NC averaging 32/100 (moderate, Craven, NC), from 28 to 33. Craven County, NC is in its peak phase (Craven, NC confidence 18/100): Craven, NC home prices up 1.9% (Craven, NC) over twelve months. Craven County, NC lender headwind: 46/100.

Highest-scoring Craven County, NC ZIPs: 28519 (33/100), 28523 (33/100), 28527 (33/100), 28532 (33/100), 28533 (33/100), 28562 (32/100). Also scored in Craven County, NC: 28586, 28526, 28560, 28573, 28530.

Across Craven County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $169,870, household income $63,752, 13.1% vacancy, 19.2% poverty, 70% owner-occupied, median age 41.1.

Craven County, NC insurance distress 77/100 (#459 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Craven, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Craven County, NC since 2023; 11 Craven, NC NFIP flood claims, $122K paid; Craven, NC construction distress 54/100.

9 banks with 18 branches lend in Craven County, NC; Craven, NC weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 71/100 in Craven, NC.

Craven County, NC unemployment 3.8% (Craven, NC -0.2 pts, six months); 508 new housing units permitted in Craven County, NC over twelve months, Craven, NC down 5% from 532; Craven, NC home prices +13.4% a year (Craven, NC) over three years.

48,533 housing units in Craven County, NC; 12,464 Craven, NC renter households; 43% of Craven, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 19% (Craven, NC) half or more.

Craven County, NC ranks #784 nationally on the opportunity index (Craven, NC, among all ranked counties); Craven, NC scores 32.0/100 and Craven, NC sits #40 inside North Carolina. Craven, NC is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Craven, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Craven, NC second driver bank institutional; Craven, NC moved up 328 places. 14 short-sale listings across Craven, NC; 93 days on market observed in Craven, NC; 11.8% vacancy over 11 Craven, NC ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Craven County, NC. The metro area reading for Craven, NC (New Bern, NC): 0.9% ninety-plus days late; Craven, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.5% (Craven, NC, December 2025 data); North Carolina overall 0.9%.

Craven County, NC has 4 watched banks; 4 Craven, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Craven, NC footprints: First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (4 branches, stress 71) in Craven, NC; Truist Bank (4 branches, stress 62) in Craven, NC; Bank Of America Na (1 branch, stress 71) in Craven, NC.

HUD lists 8 assisted multifamily properties in Craven County, NC with 654 units; 284 Craven, NC units are assisted, 3 Craven, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

5,662 of the 48,533 housing units in Craven, NC sit vacant. Craven County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Craven, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 508 units in Craven County, NC.