ZIP 27609 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 27609 (Wake County, North Carolina) lands at 36/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 27609 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 35,548 with a median age of 38. Households earn a median $81,538 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $471,200 here, or 5.4 times local income. About 61% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 51% owner-occupied to 49% rented. There are about 20,140 housing units across 27609. On demographic stress specifically, 27609 scores 34/100. Roughly 6.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Vacancy runs 13.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households.

On the whole, 27609 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.