ZIP 27830 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wayne County, North Carolina's ZIP 27830 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (59/100), mortgage stress (24/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) and construction/permit lag (2/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.6% year on year, and 11% higher over three years, at 66/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 3,992 people live here, median age 43. Home values center near $162,900, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. There are about 2,151 housing units across 27830. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Vacancy runs 23.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. Median household income is $51,115, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 57% of homes, renters 43%. 18.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 27830 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.