ZIP 28626 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28626 (Ashe County, North Carolina) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 69 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale. 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). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 28626 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 65% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 3,058 with a median age of 49. On demographic stress specifically, 28626 scores 31/100. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Households earn a median $71,186 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $291,900 here, or 4.2 times local income. About 42% have a four-year degree. There are about 2,227 housing units across 28626. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 33.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 12.9% live below the poverty line.

On the whole, 28626 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.