ZIP 27873 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Wilson County, North Carolina, ZIP 27873 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (81/100), structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (65/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), climate & FEMA risk (74/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 77/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.9% year on year (phase confidence 18/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $22,500, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 29.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 31.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 47/100. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $98,200 (4.2× income). Around 94% of renters are cost-burdened. 72% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 167 housing units across 27873. 212 residents call 27873 home, typically aged 60.

Taken together, 27873 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 27873 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

No ZIP is too small to score: 27873 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 34/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 27873 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

27873's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Practically, 27873 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.