ZIP 27878 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Nash County, North Carolina, ZIP 27878 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100), climate & FEMA risk (77/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (62/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.5% year on year, 2.6% off the recent peak, at 9/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $111,500, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. There are about 610 housing units across 27878. About 1,099 people live here, median age 35. Owners hold 47% of homes, renters 53%. Median household income is $37,801, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 24.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 6% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 65% of tenant households. 27.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 41/100.

Net-net, 27878 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.