ZIP 28673 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 28673 in Catawba County, North Carolina carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (81/100). What sets it apart are the readings on 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 13% higher over three years, at 50/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $459,200, an affordability ratio of 4.5×. 3.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 6,339 people live here, median age 54. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. There are about 3,871 housing units across 28673. Vacancy runs 14.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 43% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $99,036, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 28673 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.