ZIP 28444 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Sampson County, North Carolina, ZIP 28444 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (85/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (78/100), construction/permit lag (76/100), institutional ownership (65/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 8/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, at 30/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Vacancy runs 25.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. There are about 1,182 housing units across 28444. Rent burden reaches 8% of tenant households. 2,756 residents call 28444 home, typically aged 40. The poverty rate is 18.0% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 72% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $206,700. At $58,051, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 28444 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.