ZIP 28344 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28344 in Sampson County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). On the structural side it scores 67/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (28/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (28/100) and mortgage stress (25/100).

The peak-phase market in 28344 posted values that rose 4.4% over the year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 8.7%. Roughly 22.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Population is roughly 4,265 with a median age of 36. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $48,729 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 17% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 28344 scores 31/100. A median home runs $187,300 here, or 2.5 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 1,767 housing units. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented.

On the whole, 28344 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.