ZIP 27953 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27953 in Dare County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (58/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (35/100) register low. Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 11/100.

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

About 1,056 people live here, median age 39. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 49/100. There are about 605 housing units across 27953. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $254,700, an affordability ratio of 7.4× — stretched. Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 15.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 21.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 56% of homes, renters 44%. Median household income is $27,489, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 27953 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.