ZIP 27970 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Washington County, North Carolina's ZIP 27970 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (47/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100). On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Around 67% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 1,872 housing units. 2,769 residents call 27970 home, typically aged 51. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $30,556, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100. The vacancy rate is 25.9% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $132,200 (3.4× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 33.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 71% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 27970 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.