ZIP 28624 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wilkes County, North Carolina, ZIP 28624 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (70/100), structural risk (69/100), construction/permit lag (35/100). construction/permit lag (35/100) and mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 69/100 against active distress of 8/100.

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

1,368 residents call 28624 home, typically aged 57. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 810 housing units across 28624. Vacancy runs 22.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $202,500. Around 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 7% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. At $36,345, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 14.0%.

Taken together, 28624 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.