ZIP 27962 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 27962 in Washington County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (88/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.3% year on year, and 1% lower over three years, at 29/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 68% of homes, renters 32%. Vacancy runs 18.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $114,500, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 9% bachelor's-or-above. About 7,015 people live here, median age 47. There are about 3,614 housing units across 27962. 24.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $42,342, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100.

Net-net, 27962 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.