ZIP 28399 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28399 in Bladen County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (51/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 72/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.3% over the trailing year (phase confidence 28/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $45,395, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 1,552 residents call 28399 home, typically aged 48. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 25.2% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 832 housing units. The typical home is worth about $155,700 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 15.4%. 56% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 28399 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.