ZIP 27954 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Dare County, North Carolina, ZIP 27954 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (58/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (35/100). The latent-versus-live split is 78/100 structural and 11/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100)).

The peak-phase market in 27954 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 30% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $78,291 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 3,680 housing units. The vacancy rate is 19.4% — elevated. About 39% have a four-year degree. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. Roughly 11.0% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 27954 scores 34/100. A median home runs $418,400 here, or 4.8 times local income. Population is roughly 7,080 with a median age of 42.

On the whole, 27954 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.