ZIP 28042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28042 in Cleveland County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

306 residents call 28042 home, typically aged 33. Vacancy runs 8.7%. 46% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 70% of tenant households. There are about 105 housing units across 28042. Around 3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 57.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 57/100.

Taken together, 28042 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.