ZIP 28669 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 28669's composite property-distress score is 35/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Wilkes County, North Carolina. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (78/100), construction/permit lag (74/100), institutional ownership (69/100). mortgage stress (27/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100). On the structural side it scores 78/100, with 8/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 28669 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year (phase confidence 18/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 1,509 housing units. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Roughly 18.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The typical home is worth about $137,500 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 15.5% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Households earn a median $51,802 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 2,828 people live here, median age 49.

On the whole, 28669 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 28669 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 28669 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 35/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Wilkes County, North Carolina and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 28669 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

28669's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Practically, 28669 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.