ZIP 27701 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 27701 in Durham County, North Carolina comes in at 29, a low composite-distress reading. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (62/100), mortgage stress (25/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), climate & FEMA risk (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (77/100). Structurally it carries 62/100, against 8/100 of stress already in motion.

The peak-phase market in 27701 posted values that rose 1.3% over the year, and 11% higher over three years, at 12/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $66,852, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 14,073 housing units across 27701. The tenure split is 29% owner-occupied to 71% rented. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 12.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 50% bachelor's-or-above. The poverty rate is 20.0% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 42/100. Home values center near $508,900, an affordability ratio of 6.8×. About 24,881 people live here, median age 35.

On the whole, 27701 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 27701 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 27701 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 29/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 27701 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Durham County, North Carolina. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 27701, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 29/100 for 27701 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 27701 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.