Rutherford County, NC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Across Rutherford County, North Carolina, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. The county spans 18 scored ZIP codes, averaging 31/100 composite distress. Individual Rutherford County ZIPs score between 26 and 32 on the 0–100 composite. On bank and credit headwind, Rutherford County scores 34/100.
In its peak phase, Rutherford County home prices rose 1.9% across the last year, a 18/100-confidence read. This late in the run, broad sweeps stop paying — the edge is parcel by parcel.
Rutherford County's topped-out +1.9% YoY (18/100 confidence) means selectivity rules and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A steady 34/100 bank reading points the search to owner-driven distress more than bank stock.
Distress concentrates in ZIP 28167 (32/100), ZIP 28018 (31/100), ZIP 28019 (31/100), ZIP 28020 (31/100), ZIP 28024 (31/100), ZIP 28040 (31/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Also scored across the county: 28043, 28074, 28076, 28114, 28139, 28150, 28160, 28720, 28746, 28752.
By the numbers, the Rutherford County ZIPs on file report typical home values near $245,243, vacancy near 19.6%, residents with a median age around 48.5, a median household income near $53,663 (below the US norm), 78% of homes owner-occupied, poverty running near 19.1%. Taken together, they shape both the distress on offer and the exit velocity.
Net of it all, 31/100 over 18 ZIPs means the edge is selective acquisition and not a county-wide play. Subscribers get each Rutherford County parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a parcel-level score plus bank exposure and liquidity read.
The distress read for Rutherford County, North Carolina is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Rutherford County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.
The practical read on Rutherford County, North Carolina is a targeting one — find the ZIPs holding real financial pressure, then work the parcels underneath them. Every Rutherford County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.
The ZIP breakdown for Rutherford County leads with 28167 (32/100), 28018 (31/100), 28019 (31/100), 28020 (31/100), 28024 (31/100), 28040 (31/100). DLRadar also scores 28043, 28074, 28076, 28114, 28139, 28150, 28160, 28720 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.
DLRadar's composite for Rutherford County blends several independent signals — foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, and the bank-stress headwind of the lenders operating locally — into one 0–100 score per ZIP, so a market can rank high on one axis and low on another.
| ZIP | State | Distress score | 🔒 Owner | 🔒 Property Address | 🔒 Parcel ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28167 | NC | 32 | |||
| 28018 | NC | 31 | |||
| 28019 | NC | 31 | |||
| 28020 | NC | 31 | |||
| 28024 | NC | 31 | |||
| 28040 | NC | 31 | |||
| 28043 | NC | 31 | |||
| 28074 | NC | 31 |
Rutherford County ZIPs ranked by distress
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