ZIP 27949 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 27949 in Dare County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Leading the profile are structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (35/100). Structural risk reads 76/100 against active distress of 11/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100)).

The peak-phase market in 27949 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year, and 21% higher over three years, at 18/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $109,443 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 2.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 37/100. There are about 8,994 housing units across 27949. A median home runs $677,600 here, or 5.5 times local income. The vacancy rate is 62.3% — elevated. About 52% have a four-year degree. 8,094 residents call 27949 home, typically aged 54.

On the whole, 27949 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.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 27949's 35/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Dare County, North Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the public record is thin for 27949, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 35/100 for 27949 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 27949 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.