ZIP 28016 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 28016's composite property-distress score is 32/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Gaston County, North Carolina. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. Structurally it carries 71/100, against 7/100 of stress already in motion. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).

The peak-phase market in 28016 posted values that rose 1.0% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $52,058, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 34% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 11.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12,882 residents call 28016 home, typically aged 46. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. There are about 5,847 housing units across 28016. Owners hold 69% of homes, renters 31%. The poverty rate is 12.2%. The typical home is worth about $222,700 (3.6× income, relatively affordable).

Overall, 28016 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. No parcel file is published for 28016 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 28016's 32/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 28016 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 28016's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For a buyer, 28016 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.