ZIP 28539 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Onslow County, North Carolina, ZIP 28539 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (42/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (26/100). On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100)).

The peak-phase market in 28539 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, 2.0% off the recent peak, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 12.7% live below the poverty line. About 22% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 28539 scores 33/100. Population is roughly 17,900 with a median age of 31. The vacancy rate is 10.6%. A median home runs $230,200 here, or 3.4 times local income. Households earn a median $61,280 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 8,484 housing units.

On balance 28539 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.