ZIP 28552 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 28552 in Pamlico County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (60/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (53/100). mortgage stress (26/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 63/100, with 8/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.9% year on year, at 18/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 123 housing units across 28552. Population is roughly 218 with a median age of 66. Households earn a median $60,625 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. 100% of housing is owner-occupied. Home values center near $98,800, an affordability ratio of 1.6× — accessible. The poverty rate is 3.2% — low. Around 0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 32.4% — elevated.

Net-net, 28552 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 28552 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Pamlico County, North Carolina and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 28552, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

28552'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. In workflow terms, 28552 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.