ZIP 28606 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wilkes County, North Carolina, ZIP 28606 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 64/100 against active distress of 8/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (69/100), structural risk (64/100), mortgage stress (27/100). mortgage stress (27/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $95,900 (1.5× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 19.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 15.8%. 1,743 residents call 28606 home, typically aged 60. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 1,032 housing units across 28606. At $51,009, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 28606 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.