ZIP 27040 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 27040 (Forsyth County, North Carolina) at a moderate 37/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (81/100), construction/permit lag (77/100), institutional ownership (68/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 81/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 40/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 11.3% — elevated. The poverty rate is 8.4%. Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. 12,574 residents call 27040 home, typically aged 43. The ZIP holds roughly 5,360 housing units. The typical home is worth about $278,000 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). At $92,365, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. Around 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 92% of housing is owner-occupied.

Overall, 27040 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.