ZIP 28553 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 28553 (Carteret County, North Carolina) at a moderate 40/100 for overall property distress. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100). On the structural side it scores 88/100, with 10/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (98/100), structural risk (88/100), institutional ownership (70/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (32/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.2% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. About 449 people live here, median age 56. Median household income is $85,875, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. 26.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 412 housing units. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. The vacancy rate is 52.5% — elevated. Home values center near $225,000, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible.

Net-net, 28553 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.