ZIP 28436 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 28436 (Columbus County, North Carolina) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (67/100), structural risk (61/100), mortgage stress (26/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 61/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. 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 (phase confidence 30/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Median household income is $66,250, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 4.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 2,145 people live here, median age 34. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Around 3% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 10% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 65% of homes, renters 35%. The vacancy rate is 7.7%. The ZIP holds roughly 682 housing units. Home values center near $184,200, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible.

Net-net, 28436 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.