ZIP 28420 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28420 in Brunswick County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 82 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (73/100), construction/permit lag (61/100). mortgage stress (32/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (95/100).

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

The typical home is worth about $198,100 (4.0× income). 72% of housing is owner-occupied. 2,697 residents call 28420 home, typically aged 46. There are about 1,513 housing units across 28420. The poverty rate is 6.5% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. Vacancy runs 29.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $51,324, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 28420 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.