ZIP 28479 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Brunswick County, North Carolina, ZIP 28479 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structurally it carries 79/100, against 9/100 of stress already in motion. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (72/100), construction/permit lag (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (32/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (95/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, and 38% higher over three years (phase confidence 23/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 8.4%. 6.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $327,000, an affordability ratio of 3.8× — accessible. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. 6,971 residents call 28479 home, typically aged 39. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. At $77,708, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 2,800 housing units. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households.

Net-net, 28479 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 28479 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 28479 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 36/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 28479 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Brunswick County, North Carolina. 28479 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 28479'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 a buyer, 28479 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.