ZIP 28579 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28579 in Carteret County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 40/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — 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. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (98/100), structural risk (88/100), institutional ownership (70/100). mortgage stress (32/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $506,600 (4.2× income). 91% of housing is owner-occupied. 652 residents call 28579 home, typically aged 53. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $100,139, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 20.8% — elevated. The poverty rate is 9.5%. The ZIP holds roughly 213 housing units.

Taken together, 28579 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.