ZIP 28424 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 28424 (Columbus County, North Carolina) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. The split runs 62/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground. The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (62/100), mortgage stress (26/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) and construction/permit lag (11/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 85 with a median age of 55. The ZIP holds roughly 63 housing units. A median home runs $77,300 here, or 1.4 times local income. About 0% have a four-year degree. The poverty rate is 25.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 55.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 17% of renters are cost-burdened. At $48,289, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The tenure split is 43% owner-occupied to 57% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100.

Taken together, 28424 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 28424 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 28424 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Columbus County, North Carolina and the nation. Sparse data for 28424 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

28424's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Practically, 28424 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.