ZIP 27502 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27502 in Wake County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 77/100 against active distress of 7/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (59/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

47,436 residents call 27502 home, typically aged 37. Vacancy runs 4.6%. At $137,088, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Around 66% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $550,900 (3.6× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 18,190 housing units across 27502. The poverty rate is 2.8% — low. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households.

Overall, 27502 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.