ZIP 27542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Johnston County, North Carolina's ZIP 27542 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (42/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) register low. Structural risk reads 69/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.3% year on year, and 16% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 9,441 people live here, median age 40. Home values center near $214,100, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible. There are about 4,214 housing units across 27542. Vacancy runs 9.9%. Median household income is $56,157, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 17.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100.

Net-net, 27542 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.