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

For Sampson County, North Carolina, DLRadar turns county and parcel public records into a single distress score per ZIP. ZIP-level distress ranges from 38/100 at the top down to 29/100. On bank and credit headwind, Sampson County scores 62/100, a stressed reading. The county spans 17 scored ZIP codes, averaging 33/100 composite distress.

In its peak phase, Sampson County home prices rose 2.8% across the last year, at 22/100 phase confidence. With values leveling off, distress turns selective leaving the wins in individual deals.

With Sampson County flat at +2.8% YoY (22/100 confidence), selectivity rules and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. An elevated 62/100 reading favors patient capital: expect more lender-driven inventory soon.

Leading Sampson County on distress: 28391 (38/100), 28318 (37/100), 28344 (37/100), 28382 (36/100), 28441 (34/100), 28444 (34/100). Also scored across the county: 28328, 28385, 28393, 28365, 28366, 28447, 28334, 28341, 28478, 28453.

Demographically, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Sampson County run home values averaging roughly $156,176, below the US, 78% of homes owner-occupied, a median age of 40.8, 18.1% of households below the poverty line, incomes around $54,488, 16.2% of units sitting vacant. These fundamentals drive the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

Sampson County, North Carolina's 33/100 average over 17 ZIPs says distress here is parcel-specific — work it parcel by parcel. Inside DLRadar, each Sampson County property carries owner, mailing address, APN, a per-parcel score, lender exposure and exit read.

Because Sampson County, North Carolina is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Sampson County against neighboring markets or the rest of North Carolina on equal footing.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Sampson County, North Carolina's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. Every Sampson County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.

At the ZIP level, the sharpest readings in Sampson County are 28391 (38/100), 28318 (37/100), 28344 (37/100), 28382 (36/100), 28441 (34/100), 28444 (34/100). DLRadar also scores 28328, 28385, 28393, 28365, 28366, 28447, 28334, 28341 and more across the county. Each code carries its own composite built from that ZIP's foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien and lender signals, so two neighboring ZIPs can diverge sharply even inside one county.

The Sampson County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.