ZIP 27608 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 27608 (Wake County, North Carolina) at a moderate 36/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 78/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.2% year on year, and 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

5.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 34% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. Home values center near $977,400, an affordability ratio of 5.9×. Educational attainment sits at 82% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Median household income is $155,433, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 5.8%. The ZIP holds roughly 5,709 housing units. About 12,522 people live here, median age 41.

Net-net, 27608 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.