ZIP 28658 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28658 (Catawba County, North Carolina) lands at 33/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (81/100). The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.2% year on year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 50/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $67,805, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. 10.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 6.9%. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. The ZIP holds roughly 10,928 housing units. About 25,681 people live here, median age 42. Owners hold 75% of homes, renters 25%. Home values center near $214,000, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible.

Net-net, 28658 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.