ZIP 27601 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27601 in Wake County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 7/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — 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). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.2% over the trailing year, and 4% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $579,500 (8.1× income, severely stretched). At $70,433, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 9,702 residents call 27601 home, typically aged 32. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. 28% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 12.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 47/100. There are about 5,231 housing units across 27601. The poverty rate is 17.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 27601 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.