ZIP 28538 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 28538 in Greene County, North Carolina comes in at 21, a low composite-distress reading. Latent structural risk is 45/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (75/100), climate & FEMA risk (60/100)). Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (43/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (20/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.6% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 2,231 with a median age of 43. The vacancy rate is 8.1%. Owners hold 49% of homes, renters 51%. About 12% have a four-year degree. There are about 916 housing units across 28538. Households earn a median $54,773 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $114,800 here, or 1.6 times local income. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 28538 scores 26/100. Roughly 15.2% live below the poverty line.

On balance 28538 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 28538 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 28538 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 21/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Greene County, North Carolina and the nation. Sparse data for 28538 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

28538's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 28538 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.