Wilson County, NC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Wilson County, NC, North Carolina: 17 ZIP codes scored, Wilson County, NC averaging 32/100 (moderate, Wilson, NC), from 24 to 35. Wilson County, NC is in its peak phase (Wilson, NC confidence 18/100): Wilson, NC home prices up 1.9% (Wilson, NC) over twelve months. Wilson County, NC lender headwind: 48/100.
Highest-scoring Wilson County, NC ZIPs: 27813 (35/100), 27851 (35/100), 27873 (35/100), 27880 (35/100), 27893 (35/100), 27822 (34/100). Also scored in Wilson County, NC: 27896, 27542, 27557, 27803, 27807, 27878, 27830, 27883, 27829, 27852.
Across Wilson County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $157,482, household income $55,444, 13.6% vacancy, 17.8% poverty, 70% owner-occupied, median age 43.0.
Wilson County, NC insurance distress 83/100 (#278 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Wilson, NC; 6 federal disaster declarations in Wilson County, NC since 2023; 19 Wilson, NC NFIP flood claims, $927K paid; Wilson, NC construction distress 78/100.
10 banks with 15 branches lend in Wilson County, NC; Wilson, NC weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 71/100 in Wilson, NC.
Wilson County, NC unemployment 5.0%; 311 new housing units permitted in Wilson County, NC over twelve months, Wilson, NC down 35% from 477; Wilson, NC home prices +12.9% a year (Wilson, NC) over three years.
37,053 housing units in Wilson County, NC; 13,443 Wilson, NC renter households; 42% of Wilson, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 22% (Wilson, NC) half or more.
Wilson County, NC ranks #907 nationally on the opportunity index (Wilson, NC, among all ranked counties); Wilson, NC scores 31.6/100 and Wilson, NC sits #47 inside North Carolina. Wilson, NC is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Wilson, NC's primary driver is construction, Wilson, NC second driver vacancy; Wilson, NC moved up 192 places. 3 short-sale listings across Wilson, NC; 102 days on market observed in Wilson, NC; 10.4% vacancy over 17 Wilson, NC ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Wilson County, NC. The non-metro area reading for Wilson, NC: 1.3% ninety-plus days late; Wilson, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.4% (Wilson, NC, December 2025 data); North Carolina overall 0.9%.
Wilson County, NC has 5 watched banks; 5 Wilson, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Wilson, NC footprints: Truist Bank (4 branches, stress 62) in Wilson, NC; First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 71) in Wilson, NC; Southern Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 69) in Wilson, NC.
HUD lists 12 assisted multifamily properties in Wilson County, NC with 707 units; 263 Wilson, NC units are assisted, 4 Wilson, NC properties under project-based Section 8.
3,985 of the 37,053 housing units in Wilson, NC sit vacant. Wilson County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Wilson, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 311 units in Wilson County, NC.