ZIP 28578 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wayne County, North Carolina's ZIP 28578 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (86/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (62/100), structural risk (58/100), mortgage stress (24/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100) and construction/permit lag (3/100). Structural exposure scores 58 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 28578 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, at 47/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 4,585 with a median age of 30. The tenure split is 70% owner-occupied to 30% rented. Vacancy runs 20.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 28578 scores 31/100. A median home runs $95,300 here, or 1.6 times local income. Rent burden reaches 20% of tenant households. Roughly 38.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $55,966 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,953 housing units across 28578. About 11% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 28578 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.