ZIP 28472 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 28472 (Columbus County, North Carolina) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (62/100), mortgage stress (26/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) and construction/permit lag (11/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 62/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (84/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

71% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 17,833 with a median age of 41. At $48,963, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 7,709 housing units across 28472. On demographic stress specifically, 28472 scores 32/100. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 16.1% — elevated. Roughly 16.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The typical home is worth about $151,000 (2.9× income, relatively affordable).

Taken together, 28472 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 28472 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 28472 runs hot or quiet, its 29/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 28472 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Columbus County, North Carolina or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 28472 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 28472's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For an operator, 28472 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.