ZIP 27948 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Dare County, North Carolina's ZIP 27948 registers 36/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 78 and live distress 11 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (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). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (35/100).

The peak-phase market in 27948 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 17% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 12,628 with a median age of 48. There are about 10,173 housing units across 27948. A median home runs $437,500 here, or 4.7 times local income. About 43% have a four-year degree. Roughly 8.8% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 46.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 27948 scores 35/100. Households earn a median $85,319 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households.

On the whole, 27948 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.