ZIP 28543 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Onslow County, North Carolina, ZIP 28543 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 73/100 against active distress of 0/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (42/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, 2.0% off the recent peak, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $43,680, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 3% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 13.7%. Around 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 19.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 43/100. 6,341 residents call 28543 home, typically aged 22. There are about 2,056 housing units across 28543.

Taken together, 28543 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.