ZIP 28618 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Watauga County, North Carolina's ZIP 28618 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (69/100), structural risk (58/100), mortgage stress (31/100). mortgage stress (31/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 9/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (89/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year, and 55% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $338,400 (4.9× income). The vacancy rate is 34.0% — elevated. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. 2,240 residents call 28618 home, typically aged 43. At $62,667, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 37/100. 75% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. The ZIP holds roughly 1,320 housing units.

Taken together, 28618 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.