ZIP 27243 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 27243 (Orange County, North Carolina) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 70 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (98/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (81/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (69/100), 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 27243 posted values that rose 3.0% over the year, and 23% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $298,600 here, or 3.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 27243 scores 20/100. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. There are about 2,392 housing units across 27243. Population is roughly 5,506 with a median age of 45. Households earn a median $88,681 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 11.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 8% of tenant households. About 36% have a four-year degree. Roughly 3.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

On balance 27243 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.