ZIP 28405 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28405 (New Hanover County, North Carolina) lands at 37/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 82/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (94/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year, and 28% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $67,809, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. The poverty rate is 13.3%. The vacancy rate is 8.8%. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 17,410 housing units. Around 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 35,159 residents call 28405 home, typically aged 39. 57% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $368,500 (5.0× income).

Overall, 28405 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.