ZIP 28453 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Duplin County, North Carolina, ZIP 28453 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (63/100), institutional ownership (62/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100).

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.

3,065 residents call 28453 home, typically aged 33. The typical home is worth about $140,500 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 15.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 71% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 1,328 housing units across 28453. At $50,451, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The poverty rate is 17.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households.

Taken together, 28453 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.