ZIP 27021 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Stokes County, North Carolina, ZIP 27021 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100)). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (55/100), structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (21/100). Structural risk reads 44/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 27021 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 40/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 8,056 housing units across 27021. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented. Vacancy runs 7.9%. Population is roughly 17,029 with a median age of 44. Households earn a median $61,736 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 27021 scores 30/100. Roughly 11.4% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $219,600 here, or 3.3 times local income. About 24% have a four-year degree.

On balance 27021 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.