ZIP 28071 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 28071 (Rowan County, North Carolina) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (56/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (22/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100)).

The peak-phase market in 28071 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 21% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 3,056 with a median age of 47. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. A median home runs $283,100 here, or 2.5 times local income. Households earn a median $82,286 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,793 housing units across 28071. Roughly 5.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Vacancy runs 16.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 13% of tenant households. About 14% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 28071 scores 23/100.

On the whole, 28071 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.