ZIP 28501 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Lenoir County, North Carolina's ZIP 28501 registers 28/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (62/100), structural risk (61/100), construction/permit lag (33/100). construction/permit lag (33/100) and mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (75/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 18/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $79,000 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 20.9% — elevated. About 18,112 people live here, median age 40. Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. 30.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The tenure split is 49% owner-occupied to 51% rented. There are about 9,852 housing units across 28501. At $33,823, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Taken together, 28501 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 28501 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 28501 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 28/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Lenoir County, North Carolina and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 28501 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 28/100 figure for 28501 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 28501 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.