ZIP 27817 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Beaufort County, North Carolina's ZIP 27817 registers 37/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (93/100), structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (64/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 82/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. 7,764 residents call 27817 home, typically aged 48. The typical home is worth about $173,300 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 18.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. At $69,902, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The vacancy rate is 15.5% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 3,683 housing units.

Taken together, 27817 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.