ZIP 28448 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Bladen County, North Carolina, ZIP 28448 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (73/100), institutional ownership (64/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (28/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100).

The peak-phase market in 28448 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year (phase confidence 22/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. A median home runs $132,700 here, or 2.5 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 28448 scores 27/100. Around 2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 33.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $51,377, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 901 people live here, median age 31. 13.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 389 housing units. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

On the whole, 28448 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 28448 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 28448's 34/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Bladen County, North Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 28448 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 34/100 figure for 28448 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. In workflow terms, 28448 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.