ZIP 28173 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28173 in Union County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 72/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (49/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100).

The peak-phase market in 28173 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $146,196 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $608,000 here, or 3.8 times local income. About 57% have a four-year degree. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 4.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The ZIP holds roughly 21,343 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 28173 scores 23/100. The tenure split is 89% owner-occupied to 11% rented. The vacancy rate is 4.1%. Population is roughly 63,503 with a median age of 41.

On balance 28173 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.