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

Sampson County, NC, North Carolina: 17 ZIP codes scored, Sampson County, NC averaging 33/100 (moderate, Sampson, NC), from 28 to 38. Sampson County, NC is in its peak phase (Sampson, NC confidence 22/100): Sampson, NC home prices up 2.8% (Sampson, NC) over twelve months. Sampson County, NC lender headwind: 62/100.

Highest-scoring Sampson County, NC ZIPs: 28391 (38/100), 28318 (37/100), 28344 (37/100), 28382 (36/100), 28441 (34/100), 28444 (34/100). Also scored in Sampson County, NC: 28328, 28366, 28385, 28393, 28334, 28447, 28341, 28365, 28478, 28453.

Across Sampson County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $156,176, household income $54,488, 16.2% vacancy, 18.1% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 40.8.

Sampson County, NC insurance distress 75/100 (#512 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Sampson, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Sampson County, NC since 2023; 4 Sampson, NC NFIP flood claims, $60K paid; Sampson, NC construction distress 63/100.

5 banks with 10 branches lend in Sampson County, NC; Sampson, NC weighted bank stress 65/100, highest 71/100 in Sampson, NC.

Sampson County, NC unemployment 3.6% (Sampson, NC -0.5 pts, six months); 129 new housing units permitted in Sampson County, NC over twelve months, Sampson, NC down 7% from 139; Sampson, NC home prices +12.2% a year (Sampson, NC) over three years.

25,852 housing units in Sampson County, NC; 5,802 Sampson, NC renter households; 40% of Sampson, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 19% (Sampson, NC) half or more.

Sampson County, NC ranks #703 nationally on the opportunity index (Sampson, NC, among all ranked counties); Sampson, NC scores 32.4/100 and Sampson, NC sits #33 inside North Carolina. Sampson, NC is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Sampson, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Sampson, NC second driver construction; Sampson, NC moved up 78 places. 7 short-sale listings across Sampson, NC; 75 days on market observed in Sampson, NC; 16.3% vacancy over 17 Sampson, NC ZIPs.

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

Sampson County, NC has 4 watched banks; 4 Sampson, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Sampson, NC footprints: First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (3 branches, stress 71) in Sampson, NC; Southern Bank&Trust Co (3 branches, stress 69) in Sampson, NC; Truist Bank (2 branches, stress 62) in Sampson, NC.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Sampson County, NC with 122 units; 122 Sampson, NC units are assisted, 3 Sampson, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

4,245 of the 25,852 housing units in Sampson, NC sit vacant. Sampson County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Sampson, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 129 units in Sampson County, NC.