ZIP 28679 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Watauga County, North Carolina, ZIP 28679 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (69/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (69/100), structural risk (58/100), mortgage stress (31/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (31/100) register low. Structural risk reads 58/100 against active distress of 9/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.3% year on year, and 29% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 30.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $287,100, an affordability ratio of 4.4×. Median household income is $64,833, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 36% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 87% of homes, renters 13%. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. There are about 1,246 housing units across 28679. 13.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 2,535 people live here, median age 44. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100.

Net-net, 28679 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.