ZIP 28668 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Alleghany County, North Carolina, ZIP 28668 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Latent structural risk is 52/100 while live distress already moving reads 0/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (69/100), structural risk (52/100), construction/permit lag (31/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (31/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

0.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 608 housing units across 28668. Vacancy runs 86.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 100% of homes, renters 0%. On demographic stress specifically, 28668 scores 19/100. 166 residents call 28668 home, typically aged 60. About 84% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 28668 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 28668 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 28668 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 23/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 28668 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 28668's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Treat 28668 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.