ZIP 27539 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27539 in Wake County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.2% year on year, and 11% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 25,944 people live here, median age 37. Median household income is $140,121, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. Vacancy runs 4.6%. Home values center near $565,600, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. There are about 9,068 housing units across 27539. Educational attainment sits at 62% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. 3.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 27539 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.