ZIP 28679 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Watauga County, North Carolina's ZIP 28679 registers 34/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), climate & FEMA risk (69/100)). The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (67/100). mortgage stress (31/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 77/100 while live distress already moving reads 9/100.

The peak-phase market in 28679 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year, and 29% higher over three years (phase confidence 18/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 30.4% — elevated. A median home runs $287,100 here, or 4.4 times local income. Households earn a median $64,833 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 1,246 housing units. Roughly 13.7% live below the poverty line. 2,535 residents call 28679 home, typically aged 44. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100.

Net-net, 28679 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 28679 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Whether 28679 runs hot or quiet, its 34/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 28679 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Watauga County, North Carolina or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 28679 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 34/100 for 28679 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 28679 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.