ZIP 28461 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28461 in Brunswick County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (73/100), construction/permit lag (61/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (32/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (95/100)). On the structural side it scores 82/100, with 9/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 28461 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $79,681 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 6.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 39% have a four-year degree. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 23,186 with a median age of 62. A median home runs $428,600 here, or 4.9 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 28461 scores 31/100. The ZIP holds roughly 14,619 housing units. The vacancy rate is 25.4% — elevated. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented.

On the whole, 28461 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.