ZIP 27968 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Dare County, North Carolina, ZIP 27968 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 0/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (58/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100).

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.

Median household income is $34,066, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 77% of tenant households. 4.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 60.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 66% of homes, renters 34%. There are about 718 housing units across 27968. Educational attainment sits at 69% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 55/100. About 306 people live here, median age 52.

Net-net, 27968 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.