ZIP 27920 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Dare County, North Carolina's ZIP 27920 registers 36/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 0/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (58/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.2% year on year, and 48% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 1,451 people live here, median age 50. Home values center near $409,900, an affordability ratio of 5.8×. Vacancy runs 36.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 45/100. Rent burden reaches 81% of tenant households. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. 7.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 972 housing units across 27920. Median household income is $67,054, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 27920 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.