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

Wilkes County, NC, North Carolina: 23 ZIP codes scored, Wilkes County, NC averaging 32/100 (moderate, Wilkes, NC), from 22 to 35. Wilkes County, NC is in its peak phase (Wilkes, NC confidence 18/100): Wilkes, NC home prices up 1.9% (Wilkes, NC) over twelve months. Wilkes County, NC lender headwind: 40/100.

Highest-scoring Wilkes County, NC ZIPs: 28618 (35/100), 28624 (35/100), 28635 (35/100), 28649 (35/100), 28651 (35/100), 28659 (35/100). Also scored in Wilkes County, NC: 28665, 28669, 28670, 28685, 28697, 28606, 28654, 28621, 28676, 28683.

Across Wilkes County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $183,348, household income $50,644, 19.2% vacancy, 16.3% poverty, 76% owner-occupied, median age 48.5.

Wilkes County, NC insurance distress 88/100 (#140 in the US); FEMA hazard 90/100 for Wilkes, NC; 8 federal disaster declarations in Wilkes County, NC since 2023; 7 Wilkes, NC NFIP flood claims, $501K paid; Wilkes, NC construction distress 69/100.

9 banks with 11 branches lend in Wilkes County, NC; Wilkes, NC weighted bank stress 59/100, highest 71/100 in Wilkes, NC.

Wilkes County, NC unemployment 3.7% (Wilkes, NC -0.1 pts, six months); 128 new housing units permitted in Wilkes County, NC over twelve months, Wilkes, NC down 21% from 163; Wilkes, NC home prices +12.2% a year (Wilkes, NC) over three years.

31,836 housing units in Wilkes County, NC; 7,034 Wilkes, NC renter households; 35% of Wilkes, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Wilkes, NC) half or more.

Wilkes County, NC ranks #970 nationally on the opportunity index (Wilkes, NC, among all ranked counties); Wilkes, NC scores 31.3/100 and Wilkes, NC sits #56 inside North Carolina. Wilkes, NC is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Wilkes, NC's primary driver is vacancy, Wilkes, NC second driver construction; Wilkes, NC moved up 360 places. 14 short-sale listings across Wilkes, NC; 74 days on market observed in Wilkes, NC; 14.5% vacancy over 23 Wilkes, NC ZIPs.

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

Wilkes County, NC has 3 watched banks; 3 Wilkes, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Wilkes, NC footprints: First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 71) in Wilkes, NC; Truist Bank (1 branch, stress 62) in Wilkes, NC; Piedmont Fsb (1 branch, stress 57) in Wilkes, NC.

HUD lists 4 assisted multifamily properties in Wilkes County, NC with 102 units; 36 Wilkes, NC units are assisted, 1 Wilkes, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

4,729 of the 31,836 housing units in Wilkes, NC sit vacant. Wilkes County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Wilkes, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 128 units in Wilkes County, NC.