ZIP 28052 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Gaston County, North Carolina's ZIP 28052 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 7/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.0% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 11.7% — elevated. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 22.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 36,896 residents call 28052 home, typically aged 35. The ZIP holds roughly 15,288 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 38/100. Median household income is $46,015, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 53% of homes, renters 47%. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A median home runs $187,500 here, or 3.8 times local income.

Taken together, 28052 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 28052 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 28052 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 32/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 28052 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 28052'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. In workflow terms, 28052 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.