ZIP 28424 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Columbus County, North Carolina's ZIP 28424 registers 28/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (67/100), structural risk (61/100), mortgage stress (26/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 85 people live here, median age 55. There are about 63 housing units across 28424. Home values center near $77,300, an affordability ratio of 1.4× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 0% bachelor's-or-above. 25.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 55.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 17% of tenant households. Median household income is $48,289, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 43% of homes, renters 57%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100.

Net-net, 28424 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.