ZIP 28690 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 28690 (Burke County, North Carolina) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100)). Structural exposure scores 62 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Leading the profile are institutional ownership (67/100), structural risk (62/100), mortgage stress (26/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (26/100) and construction/permit lag (22/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 28690 posted values that rose 2.3% over the year, and 23% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 4,801 housing units across 28690. Vacancy runs 7.2%. At $67,974, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 9,294 people live here, median age 52. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 31% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 8.7% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 28690 scores 23/100. The typical home is worth about $211,300 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%.

Net-net, 28690 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. 28690 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 28690 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 28/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Burke County, North Carolina and the nation. 28690 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 28/100 figure for 28690 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 28690 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.