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

Duplin County, NC, North Carolina: 19 ZIP codes scored, Duplin County, NC averaging 29/100 (low, Duplin, NC), from 27 to 34. Duplin County, NC is in its peak phase (Duplin, NC confidence 22/100): Duplin, NC home prices up 2.8% (Duplin, NC) over twelve months. Duplin County, NC lender headwind: 45/100.

Highest-scoring Duplin County, NC ZIPs: 28444 (34/100), 28393 (33/100), 28341 (31/100), 28365 (31/100), 28478 (31/100), 28578 (31/100). Also scored in Duplin County, NC: 28466, 28458, 28574, 28453, 28525, 28325, 28349, 28398, 28464, 28508.

Across Duplin County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $132,279, household income $55,842, 15.0% vacancy, 20.2% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 39.0.

Duplin County, NC insurance distress 70/100 (#632 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Duplin, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Duplin County, NC since 2023; 1 Duplin, NC NFIP flood claims, $15K paid; Duplin, NC construction distress 12/100.

7 banks with 12 branches lend in Duplin County, NC; Duplin, NC weighted bank stress 57/100, highest 71/100 in Duplin, NC.

Duplin County, NC unemployment 3.3% (Duplin, NC +0.1 pts, six months); 183 new housing units permitted in Duplin County, NC over twelve months, Duplin, NC up 45% from 126; Duplin, NC home prices +12.9% a year (Duplin, NC) over three years.

23,861 housing units in Duplin County, NC; 6,021 Duplin, NC renter households; 37% of Duplin, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Duplin, NC) half or more.

Duplin County, NC ranks #1,728 nationally on the opportunity index (Duplin, NC, among all ranked counties); Duplin, NC scores 28.7/100 and Duplin, NC sits #71 inside North Carolina. Duplin, NC is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Duplin, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Duplin, NC second driver bank institutional; Duplin, NC moved up 124 places. 12 short-sale listings across Duplin, NC; 57 days on market observed in Duplin, NC; 15.1% vacancy over 19 Duplin, NC ZIPs.

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

Duplin County, NC has 4 watched banks; 4 Duplin, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Duplin, NC footprints: Truist Bank (3 branches, stress 62) in Duplin, NC; First Bank (3 branches, stress 47) in Duplin, NC; Southern Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 69) in Duplin, NC.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Duplin County, NC with 7 units; 6 Duplin, NC units are assisted.

3,074 of the 23,861 housing units in Duplin, NC sit vacant. Duplin County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Duplin, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 183 units in Duplin County, NC.