ZIP 27016 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27016 in Stokes County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (94/100). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (55/100), structural risk (43/100), construction/permit lag (32/100). construction/permit lag (32/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 43 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, at 40/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 13.8%. 1,858 residents call 27016 home, typically aged 49. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. There are about 1,102 housing units across 27016. The typical home is worth about $177,300 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). At $54,920, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 27016 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.