ZIP 28480 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In New Hanover County, North Carolina, ZIP 28480 scores 37 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (94/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (60/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 82/100 against active distress of 8/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year, and 32% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

2,727 residents call 28480 home, typically aged 56. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. There are about 2,940 housing units across 28480. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 3.5% — low. The typical home is worth about $1,131,800 (6.3× income). Around 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 56.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $165,682, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 28480 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.