ZIP 28472 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 28472 (Columbus County, North Carolina) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (67/100), structural risk (61/100), mortgage stress (26/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 61/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. About 17,833 people live here, median age 41. Median household income is $48,963, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 7,709 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 16.1% — elevated. 16.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $151,000, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible.

Net-net, 28472 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.