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

Edgecombe County, NC, North Carolina: 16 ZIP codes scored, Edgecombe County, NC averaging 30/100 (moderate, Edgecombe, NC), from 27 to 35. Edgecombe County, NC is in its contraction phase (Edgecombe, NC confidence 78/100): Edgecombe, NC home prices down 2.2% (Edgecombe, NC) over twelve months, 2.7% under their peak. Edgecombe County, NC lender headwind: 60/100.

Highest-scoring Edgecombe County, NC ZIPs: 27822 (35/100), 27803 (33/100), 27878 (33/100), 27809 (31/100), 27834 (31/100), 27891 (31/100). Also scored in Edgecombe County, NC: 27829, 27801, 27812, 27815, 27819, 27852, 27864, 27881, 27886, 27843.

Across Edgecombe County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $125,947, household income $51,632, 14.1% vacancy, 20.8% poverty, 63% owner-occupied, median age 43.4.

Edgecombe County, NC insurance distress 71/100 (#614 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Edgecombe, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Edgecombe County, NC since 2023; 3 Edgecombe, NC NFIP flood claims, $10K paid; Edgecombe, NC construction distress 48/100.

6 banks with 7 branches lend in Edgecombe County, NC; Edgecombe, NC weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 84/100 in Edgecombe, NC.

Edgecombe County, NC unemployment 5.4% (Edgecombe, NC -0.8 pts, six months); 44 new housing units permitted in Edgecombe County, NC over twelve months, Edgecombe, NC up 0% from 44; Edgecombe, NC home prices +12.1% a year (Edgecombe, NC) over three years.

23,281 housing units in Edgecombe County, NC; 7,933 Edgecombe, NC renter households; 42% of Edgecombe, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 21% (Edgecombe, NC) half or more.

Edgecombe County, NC ranks #183 nationally on the opportunity index (Edgecombe, NC, among all ranked counties); Edgecombe, NC scores 36.0/100 and Edgecombe, NC sits #9 inside North Carolina. Edgecombe, NC is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Edgecombe, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Edgecombe, NC second driver listings discount; Edgecombe, NC moved up 668 places. 11 short-sale listings across Edgecombe, NC; 92 days on market observed in Edgecombe, NC; 16.0% vacancy over 16 Edgecombe, NC ZIPs.

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

Edgecombe County, NC has 4 watched banks; 4 Edgecombe, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Edgecombe, NC footprints: Southern Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 69) in Edgecombe, NC; Tarboro Savings Bank Ssb (1 branch, stress 84) in Edgecombe, NC; Truist Bank (1 branch, stress 62) in Edgecombe, NC.

HUD lists 5 assisted multifamily properties in Edgecombe County, NC with 274 units; 271 Edgecombe, NC units are assisted, 5 Edgecombe, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

3,629 of the 23,281 housing units in Edgecombe, NC sit vacant. Edgecombe County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Edgecombe, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 44 units in Edgecombe County, NC.