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

Stokes County, NC, North Carolina: 16 ZIP codes scored, Stokes County, NC averaging 27/100 (low, Stokes, NC), from 23 to 33. Stokes County, NC is in its peak phase (Stokes, NC confidence 20/100): Stokes, NC home prices up 3.3% (Stokes, NC) over twelve months. Stokes County, NC lender headwind: 48/100.

Highest-scoring Stokes County, NC ZIPs: 27009 (33/100), 27045 (33/100), 27050 (32/100), 27030 (29/100), 27041 (29/100), 27357 (29/100). Also scored in Stokes County, NC: 27025, 27043, 27019, 27021, 27052, 27053, 27016, 27022, 27042, 27046.

Across Stokes County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $203,469, household income $60,391, 11.6% vacancy, 11.5% poverty, 83% owner-occupied, median age 48.0.

Stokes County, NC insurance distress 60/100 (#899 in the US); FEMA hazard 90/100 for Stokes, NC; 8 federal disaster declarations in Stokes County, NC since 2023; 1 Stokes, NC NFIP flood claims; Stokes, NC construction distress 65/100.

5 banks with 6 branches lend in Stokes County, NC; Stokes, NC weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 71/100 in Stokes, NC.

Stokes County, NC unemployment 3.4% (Stokes, NC -0.2 pts, six months); 218 new housing units permitted in Stokes County, NC over twelve months, Stokes, NC down 19% from 270; Stokes, NC home prices +14.1% a year (Stokes, NC) over three years.

21,497 housing units in Stokes County, NC; 4,187 Stokes, NC renter households; 36% of Stokes, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Stokes, NC) half or more.

Stokes County, NC ranks #2,279 nationally on the opportunity index (Stokes, NC, among all ranked counties); Stokes, NC scores 26.8/100 and Stokes, NC sits #94 inside North Carolina. Stokes, NC is in the weak opportunity phase; Stokes, NC's primary driver is construction, Stokes, NC second driver bank institutional; Stokes, NC moved down 113 places. 6 short-sale listings across Stokes, NC; 86 days on market observed in Stokes, NC; 9.1% vacancy over 16 Stokes, NC ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Stokes County, NC. The metro area reading for Stokes, NC (Winston-Salem, NC): 0.9% ninety-plus days late; Stokes, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.7% (Stokes, NC, December 2025 data); North Carolina overall 0.9%.

Stokes County, NC has 2 watched banks; 2 Stokes, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Stokes, NC footprints: First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 71) in Stokes, NC; Truist Bank (1 branch, stress 62) in Stokes, NC.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Stokes County, NC with 67 units; 67 Stokes, NC units are assisted, 1 Stokes, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

1,951 of the 21,497 housing units in Stokes, NC sit vacant. Stokes County, NC permitted 5 multifamily units in twelve months; Stokes, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 213 units in Stokes County, NC.