ZIP 27603 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 27603 (Wake County, North Carolina) at a moderate 35/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 78 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (59/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100).

The peak-phase market in 27603 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 53,835 with a median age of 35. A median home runs $383,200 here, or 4.0 times local income. Roughly 12.7% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 9.9%. There are about 24,238 housing units across 27603. On demographic stress specifically, 27603 scores 31/100. Households earn a median $87,939 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. The tenure split is 61% owner-occupied to 39% rented. About 48% have a four-year degree.

On balance 27603 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.