ZIP 27534 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27534 in Wayne County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (58/100), mortgage stress (24/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). On the structural side it scores 58/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 27534 posted values that rose 8.1% over the year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 72/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The ZIP holds roughly 14,833 housing units. The tenure split is 53% owner-occupied to 47% rented. Roughly 11.7% live below the poverty line. About 29% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 27534 scores 30/100. A median home runs $208,000 here, or 3.1 times local income. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 8.8%. Households earn a median $59,950 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 31,340 with a median age of 39.

On balance 27534 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.