ZIP 27981 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Dare County, North Carolina, ZIP 27981 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (35/100). The split runs 76/100 structural to 11/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year, and 47% higher over three years (phase confidence 18/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

5.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 1,802 with a median age of 38. The vacancy rate is 8.9%. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 777 housing units across 27981. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Households earn a median $73,542 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 27981 scores 27/100. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. Home values center near $311,800, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible.

Overall, 27981 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 27981 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 27981's 35/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Dare County, North Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. 27981 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

27981's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For a buyer, 27981 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.