ZIP 27242 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data
In Moore County, North Carolina, ZIP 27242 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (43/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100). The latent-versus-live split is 69/100 structural and 0/100 already moving.
The market reads peak — home values rose 3.3% year on year, 1.0% off the recent peak (phase confidence 18/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
25.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 66% of homes, renters 34%. About 1,666 people live here, median age 39. The ZIP holds roughly 864 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $38,431, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 25.8% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100.
Net-net, 27242 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.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 27242
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
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