ZIP 27209 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Montgomery County, North Carolina's ZIP 27209 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 52/100 against active distress of 8/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (62/100), structural risk (52/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (88/100).

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.8% year on year, at 26/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 3,935 people live here, median age 30. Home values center near $129,300, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Owners hold 62% of homes, renters 38%. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. 27.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 14.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 1,776 housing units across 27209. Median household income is $43,795, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 27209 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.