ZIP 28468 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 28468 in Brunswick County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (72/100), construction/permit lag (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (32/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 28468 posted values that rose 3.5% over the year, and 35% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

4,844 residents call 28468 home, typically aged 68. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%. Roughly 6.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 5,707 housing units. Around 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $412,000 (4.3× income). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. The vacancy rate is 54.1% — elevated. Median household income is $84,934, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 28468 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 28468 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 28468 runs hot or quiet, its 36/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 28468 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Brunswick County, North Carolina or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 28468, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 36/100 figure for 28468 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 28468 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.