ZIP 28398 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Duplin County, North Carolina's ZIP 28398 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (55/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). Structural exposure scores 70 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 28398 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 54% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The tenure split is 55% owner-occupied to 45% rented. Vacancy runs 23.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 17.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $45,167 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 6,084 with a median age of 38. About 13% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $91,200 here, or 1.9 times local income. There are about 3,307 housing units across 28398. On demographic stress specifically, 28398 scores 29/100. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households.

On the whole, 28398 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.