ZIP 28385 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28385 in Sampson County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 8/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (80/100), structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (64/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 18% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 87% of homes, renters 13%. Median household income is $72,500, near the U.S. median near $78,000. About 2,492 people live here, median age 40. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. Home values center near $145,800, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. There are about 1,331 housing units across 28385. Vacancy runs 19.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 12.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 28385 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.