ZIP 28450 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28450 (Columbus County, North Carolina) lands at 28/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100). On the structural side it scores 61/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (67/100), structural risk (61/100), mortgage stress (26/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 62% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

84% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 10.0%. The ZIP holds roughly 1,203 housing units. Around 21% of renters are cost-burdened. At $74,917, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $264,200 (3.6× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. 2,256 residents call 28450 home, typically aged 49. The vacancy rate is 32.7% — elevated.

Taken together, 28450 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.