ZIP 27217 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 27217 (Alamance County, North Carolina) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (72/100), construction/permit lag (71/100), institutional ownership (65/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 72/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (69/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, 2.3% off the recent peak, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $50,770, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 62% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 21.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 17,281 housing units. 40,561 residents call 27217 home, typically aged 35. The typical home is worth about $173,200 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 10.9%.

Taken together, 27217 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.