ZIP 28456 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Columbus County, North Carolina's ZIP 28456 registers 34/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100). The latent-versus-live split is 76/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.3% over the trailing year, and 40% higher over three years (phase confidence 29/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 19.3% — elevated. 3,565 residents call 28456 home, typically aged 49. At $48,164, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 1,832 housing units. The poverty rate is 13.4%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. The typical home is worth about $167,900 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). 84% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 28456 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.