ZIP 27926 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27926 in Gates County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (88/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (64/100), institutional ownership (47/100), structural risk (38/100). By contrast, structural risk (38/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 38 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 24% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 1,881 people live here, median age 52. Home values center near $231,300, an affordability ratio of 4.1×. 18.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. Vacancy runs 11.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 799 housing units across 27926. Median household income is $57,941, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 44/100.

Net-net, 27926 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.