ZIP 28169 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 28169 (Cleveland County, North Carolina) at a moderate 31/100 for overall property distress. Structural risk reads 68/100 against active distress of 0/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (63/100), construction/permit lag (57/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year (phase confidence 18/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. 13.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 32.8% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 64 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 47/100. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. Home values center near $70,000. Population is roughly 117 with a median age of 54. 78% of housing is owner-occupied.

On the whole, 28169 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 28169 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 28169 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 31/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 28169 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Cleveland County, North Carolina. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 28169, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

28169's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 28169 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.