Northampton County, NC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Northampton County, NC, North Carolina: 13 ZIP codes scored, Northampton County, NC averaging 23/100 (low, Northampton, NC), from 21 to 27. Northampton County, NC is in its peak phase (Northampton, NC confidence 18/100): Northampton, NC home prices up 1.9% (Northampton, NC) over twelve months. Northampton County, NC lender headwind: 78/100.
Highest-scoring Northampton County, NC ZIPs: 27855 (27/100), 27820 (23/100), 27831 (23/100), 27832 (23/100), 27845 (23/100), 27853 (23/100). Also scored in Northampton County, NC: 27862, 27866, 27869, 27876, 27877, 27897, 27842.
Across Northampton County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $145,467, household income $50,454, 22.2% vacancy, 17.2% poverty, 75% owner-occupied, median age 48.6.
Northampton County, NC insurance distress 40/100 (#1,319 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Northampton, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Northampton County, NC since 2023; Northampton, NC construction distress 78/100.
1 bank with 1 branch lend in Northampton County, NC; Northampton, NC weighted bank stress 69/100.
Northampton County, NC unemployment 4.5% (Northampton, NC -0.7 pts, six months); 12 new housing units permitted in Northampton County, NC over twelve months, Northampton, NC down 29% from 17; Northampton, NC home prices +8.4% a year (Northampton, NC) over three years.
10,641 housing units in Northampton County, NC; 2,035 Northampton, NC renter households; 41% of Northampton, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 21% (Northampton, NC) half or more.
Northampton County, NC ranks #65 nationally on the opportunity index (Northampton, NC, among all ranked counties); Northampton, NC scores 38.0/100 and Northampton, NC sits #2 inside North Carolina. Northampton, NC is in the overheated opportunity phase; Northampton, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Northampton, NC second driver construction; Northampton, NC moved up 16 places. 67 days on market observed in Northampton, NC; 23.9% vacancy over 13 Northampton, NC ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Northampton County, NC. The non-metro area reading for Northampton, NC: 1.3% ninety-plus days late; Northampton, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.4% (Northampton, NC, December 2025 data); North Carolina overall 0.9%.
Northampton County, NC has 1 watched bank; 1 Northampton, NC bank sits in an elevated band. Northampton, NC footprints: Southern Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 69) in Northampton, NC.
HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Northampton County, NC with 57 units; 57 Northampton, NC units are assisted, 2 Northampton, NC properties under project-based Section 8.
2,784 of the 10,641 housing units in Northampton, NC sit vacant. Northampton County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Northampton, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 12 units in Northampton County, NC.