ZIP 28034 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 28034 (Gaston County, North Carolina) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100)). On the structural side it scores 71/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. Leading the profile are structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.0% year on year, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 8,254 housing units. 10.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. At $59,969, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 7.4%. The typical home is worth about $257,200 (3.7× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. About 16% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 19,470 with a median age of 41. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented.

On balance 28034 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 28034 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 28034 runs hot or quiet, its 32/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 28034 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Gaston County, North Carolina or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 28034, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

28034'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, 28034 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.