ZIP 28448 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28448 in Bladen County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 76/100 against active distress of 8/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (69/100), institutional ownership (66/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (28/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, at 29/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. Home values center near $132,700, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Educational attainment sits at 2% bachelor's-or-above. 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. There are about 389 housing units across 28448. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

Net-net, 28448 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.