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

Martin County, NC, North Carolina: 11 ZIP codes scored, Martin County, NC averaging 25/100 (low, Martin, NC), from 23 to 30. Martin County, NC is in its peak phase (Martin, NC confidence 22/100): Martin, NC home prices up 2.8% (Martin, NC) over twelve months. Martin County, NC lender headwind: 51/100.

Highest-scoring Martin County, NC ZIPs: 27889 (30/100), 27812 (28/100), 27892 (28/100), 27843 (26/100), 27871 (26/100), 27825 (23/100). Also scored in Martin County, NC: 27840, 27841, 27846, 27857, 27861.

Across Martin County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $103,510, household income $50,755, 18.8% vacancy, 21.8% poverty, 63% owner-occupied, median age 49.3.

Martin County, NC insurance distress 74/100 (#543 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Martin, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Martin County, NC since 2023; 1 Martin, NC NFIP flood claims, $44K paid; Martin, NC construction distress 11/100.

6 banks with 6 branches lend in Martin County, NC; Martin, NC weighted bank stress 65/100, highest 71/100 in Martin, NC.

Martin County, NC unemployment 4.0% (Martin, NC -0.1 pts, six months); Martin, NC home prices +10.3% a year (Martin, NC) over three years.

11,058 housing units in Martin County, NC; 2,950 Martin, NC renter households; 38% of Martin, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 15% (Martin, NC) half or more.

Martin County, NC ranks #338 nationally on the opportunity index (Martin, NC, among all ranked counties); Martin, NC scores 34.3/100 and Martin, NC sits #12 inside North Carolina. Martin, NC is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Martin, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Martin, NC second driver bank institutional; Martin, NC moved up 253 places. 3 short-sale listings across Martin, NC; 66 days on market observed in Martin, NC; 15.8% vacancy over 11 Martin, NC ZIPs.

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

Martin County, NC has 3 watched banks; 3 Martin, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Martin, NC footprints: First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 71) in Martin, NC; Southern Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 69) in Martin, NC; Truist Bank (1 branch, stress 62) in Martin, NC.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Martin County, NC with 50 units; 50 Martin, NC units are assisted, 1 Martin, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

1,556 of the 11,058 housing units in Martin, NC sit vacant.