ZIP 28530 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 28530 in Pitt County, North Carolina comes in at 29, a low composite-distress reading. Latent structural risk is 64/100 while live distress already moving reads 7/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (60/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (24/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (84/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100).

The recovery-phase market in 28530 posted values that rose 2.6% over the year, and 29% higher over three years (phase confidence 18/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The vacancy rate is 12.9% — elevated. 20.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The typical home is worth about $151,300 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. The tenure split is 61% owner-occupied to 39% rented. About 17% have a four-year degree. There are about 3,529 housing units across 28530. Rent burden reaches 17% of tenant households. 7,055 residents call 28530 home, typically aged 43. Median household income is $39,233, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 28530 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 28530 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 28530 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 29/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 28530 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Pitt County, North Carolina. Where the public record is thin for 28530, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

28530's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Practically, 28530 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.