ZIP 27869 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Northampton County, North Carolina's ZIP 27869 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The split runs 49/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (77/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (79/100), institutional ownership (55/100), structural risk (49/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year (phase confidence 18/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 990 housing units. The vacancy rate is 23.9% — elevated. About 1,760 people live here, median age 56. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 14.9%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Median household income is $41,819, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $115,200, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households.

Net-net, 27869 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 27869 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 27869's 23/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 27869, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 27869's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 27869 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.