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ZIP 28681 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Alexander County, North Carolina · High Vacancy market

ZIP 28681's composite property-distress score is 21/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Alexander County, North Carolina. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (56/100), institutional ownership (46/100), structural risk (44/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). Structurally it carries 44/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).

The peak-phase market in 28681 posted values that rose 2.3% over the year, and 23% higher over three years, at 19/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 11,538 housing units across 28681. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. Roughly 11.8% live below the poverty line. Home values center near $209,000, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. Around 23% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 28681 scores 28/100. About 15% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 15.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $61,343 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 26,117 residents call 28681 home, typically aged 44.

On the whole, 28681 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 28681 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 28681's 21/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Alexander County, North Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 28681, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

28681's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 28681 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.

21/100
Composite stress
44/100
Structural risk
6/100
Distress activity

Signal-by-signal read on 28681

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress19
Climate / FEMA risk41
Nine more distress signals are scored here

Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.

28681 at a glance

Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 28681, the same set carried on every parcel.

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