ZIP 27970 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 27970 in Washington County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Leading the profile are institutional ownership (46/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (21/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (34/100) and mortgage stress (21/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (84/100)). Structurally it carries 34/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion.

The peak-phase market in 27970 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

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. Households earn a median $30,556 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100. The vacancy rate is 25.9% — elevated. A median home runs $132,200 here, or 3.4 times local income. 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. No parcel file is published for 27970 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 27970 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 17/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 27970 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Washington County, North Carolina. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 27970 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 17/100 for 27970 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 27970 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.