ZIP 27231 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Orange County, North Carolina's ZIP 27231 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (80/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 69/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (35/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (35/100) and mortgage stress (26/100).

The peak-phase market in 27231 posted values that rose 3.0% over the year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $57,159 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 13.1% live below the poverty line. Around 63% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. The vacancy rate is 9.4%. A median home runs $248,900 here, or 3.8 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 1,093 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 27231 scores 33/100. About 32% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 2,174 with a median age of 46.

On balance 27231 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.