ZIP 28443 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28443 in Pender County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (64/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (27/100). On the structural side it scores 76/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100)).

The peak-phase market in 28443 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $89,392 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 11,843 housing units. About 40% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 28443 scores 31/100. Population is roughly 27,203 with a median age of 41. Roughly 8.0% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $391,900 here, or 4.0 times local income. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. The vacancy rate is 12.5% — elevated.

On the whole, 28443 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.