ZIP 27897 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 27897 (Northampton County, North Carolina) at a low 24/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (71/100), institutional ownership (59/100), structural risk (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100)). On the structural side it scores 51/100, with 8/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 27897 posted values that rose 3.7% over the year (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 1,397 with a median age of 51. About 10% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $109,200 here, or 1.5 times local income. Households earn a median $50,863 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 47% owner-occupied to 53% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 956 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 27897 scores 33/100. Roughly 23.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 40.4% — elevated.

On the whole, 27897 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.