ZIP 28343 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 28343's composite property-distress score is 24/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Scotland County, North Carolina. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). Leading the profile are institutional ownership (77/100), structural risk (52/100), mortgage stress (30/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (30/100) and construction/permit lag (1/100). Structural exposure scores 52 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.9% year on year, at 18/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 8.1%. The tenure split is 54% owner-occupied to 46% rented. A median home runs $80,700 here, or 1.6 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 657 housing units. About 5% have a four-year degree. 31.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 1,795 residents call 28343 home, typically aged 30. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. At $35,000, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. On demographic stress specifically, 28343 scores 32/100.

Net-net, 28343 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 28343 runs hot or quiet, its 24/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 28343 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Scotland County, North Carolina or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 28343, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

28343's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 28343 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.