ZIP 27959 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Dare County, North Carolina, ZIP 27959 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (58/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (35/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 78 and live distress 11 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.2% year on year, and 24% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $490,800, an affordability ratio of 5.2×. There are about 5,285 housing units across 27959. About 3,172 people live here, median age 59. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. Educational attainment sits at 52% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 37/100. Median household income is $87,619, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 68.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 2.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 27959 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.