ZIP 27549 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 27549 in Franklin County, North Carolina comes in at 25, a low composite-distress reading. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (62/100), structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (28/100). construction/permit lag (28/100) and mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 27549 posted values that rose 0.7% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 10/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $63,534, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. There are about 11,512 housing units across 27549. About 20% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 13.9% — elevated. About 25,826 people live here, median age 41. Roughly 15.6% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 27549 scores 31/100. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $220,600 (3.0× income, relatively affordable).

Taken together, 27549 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 27549 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

No ZIP is too small to score: 27549 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 25/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 27549 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 25/100 for 27549 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 27549 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.