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

Hertford County, NC, North Carolina: 9 ZIP codes scored, Hertford County, NC averaging 28/100 (low, Hertford, NC), from 24 to 29. Hertford County, NC is in its peak phase (Hertford, NC confidence 22/100): Hertford, NC home prices up 2.8% (Hertford, NC) over twelve months. Hertford County, NC lender headwind: 63/100.

Highest-scoring Hertford County, NC ZIPs: 27818 (29/100), 27922 (29/100), 27924 (29/100), 27942 (29/100), 27986 (29/100), 27805 (27/100). Also scored in Hertford County, NC: 27855, 27910, 27897.

Across Hertford County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $115,211, household income $47,606, 19.3% vacancy, 20.1% poverty, 68% owner-occupied, median age 47.3.

Hertford County, NC insurance distress 53/100 (#1,040 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Hertford, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Hertford County, NC since 2023; 1 Hertford, NC NFIP flood claims; Hertford, NC construction distress 90/100.

2 banks with 4 branches lend in Hertford County, NC; Hertford, NC weighted bank stress 66/100, highest 69/100 in Hertford, NC.

Hertford County, NC unemployment 4.2%; 1 new housing units permitted in Hertford County, NC over twelve months, Hertford, NC down 50% from 2; Hertford, NC home prices +12.0% a year (Hertford, NC) over three years.

9,816 housing units in Hertford County, NC; 2,800 Hertford, NC renter households; 49% of Hertford, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 26% (Hertford, NC) half or more.

Hertford County, NC ranks #142 nationally on the opportunity index (Hertford, NC, among all ranked counties); Hertford, NC scores 36.5/100 and Hertford, NC sits #6 inside North Carolina. Hertford, NC is in the strong_buy opportunity phase; Hertford, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Hertford, NC second driver construction; Hertford, NC moved up 17 places. 101 days on market observed in Hertford, NC; 16.0% vacancy over 9 Hertford, NC ZIPs.

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

Hertford County, NC has 1 watched bank; 1 Hertford, NC bank sits in an elevated band. Hertford, NC footprints: Southern Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 69) in Hertford, NC.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Hertford County, NC with 23 units; 23 Hertford, NC units are assisted.

1,531 of the 9,816 housing units in Hertford, NC sit vacant. Hertford County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Hertford, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 1 units in Hertford County, NC.