ZIP 28479 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Brunswick County, North Carolina's ZIP 28479 registers 37/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 82 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in 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)).

The peak-phase market in 28479 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 38% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 8.4%. Roughly 6.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. A median home runs $327,000 here, or 3.8 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 28479 scores 28/100. Population is roughly 6,971 with a median age of 39. About 25% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. Households earn a median $77,708 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 2,800 housing units across 28479. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households.

On balance 28479 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.