ZIP 28523 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Craven County, North Carolina's ZIP 28523 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 69 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (25/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.2% year on year, and 44% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. Home values center near $158,600, an affordability ratio of 3.7× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 1.1%. There are about 1,154 housing units across 28523. 6.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Median household income is $45,283, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 2,710 people live here, median age 46. Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 28523 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.