ZIP 27317 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 27317 in Randolph County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (81/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100). Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (56/100), mortgage stress (24/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) and construction/permit lag (24/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 29% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 17,769 with a median age of 42. On demographic stress specifically, 27317 scores 31/100. 76% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $57,266 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 8.8%. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $193,700 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). There are about 7,183 housing units across 27317. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 19.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Net-net, 27317 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 27317 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 27317 runs hot or quiet, its 27/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 27317 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Randolph County, North Carolina or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 27317, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Each component behind 27317 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 27/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 27317 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.