ZIP 28659 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wilkes County, North Carolina's ZIP 28659 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 69 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (70/100), structural risk (69/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (27/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100)).

The peak-phase market in 28659 posted values that rose 3.2% over the year, and 22% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 21,557 with a median age of 42. The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. Roughly 18.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 28659 scores 31/100. There are about 9,922 housing units across 28659. Vacancy runs 10.5%. Households earn a median $49,578 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. A median home runs $159,300 here, or 3.1 times local income. About 18% have a four-year degree.

On balance 28659 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.