ZIP 28617 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28617 (Ashe County, North Carolina) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (53/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (30/100). Structural risk reads 69/100 against active distress of 9/100.

The expansion-phase market in 28617 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 23% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

A median home runs $244,600 here, or 3.5 times local income. There are about 1,155 housing units across 28617. Population is roughly 1,469 with a median age of 53. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. Roughly 12.8% live below the poverty line. Households earn a median $56,667 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 40.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 24% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 28617 scores 31/100.

On the whole, 28617 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.