ZIP 28382 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 28382 in Sampson County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (77/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). Structurally it carries 78/100, against 8/100 of stress already in motion. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (58/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 4% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $158,200 (1.6× income, relatively affordable). Roughly 16.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Median household income is $73,737, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 22.6% — elevated. About 17% have a four-year degree. About 6,659 people live here, median age 39. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 2,980 housing units.

Taken together, 28382 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 28382 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 28382 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 35/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 28382 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Sampson County, North Carolina. Sparse data for 28382 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

28382's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. In workflow terms, 28382 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.