ZIP 28609 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Catawba County, North Carolina's ZIP 28609 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (81/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.2% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 50/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The poverty rate is 10.7%. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. At $81,756, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 3,501 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 13.7% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $245,900 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). 6,617 residents call 28609 home, typically aged 42.

Taken together, 28609 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.