ZIP 28717 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Jackson County, North Carolina's ZIP 28717 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (59/100). mortgage stress (29/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 71/100 structural and 9/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 83% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $73,065, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 14% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1,511 residents call 28717 home, typically aged 59. The poverty rate is 5.4% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The typical home is worth about $440,000 (5.6× income). 86% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 2,241 housing units. The vacancy rate is 66.7% — elevated.

Taken together, 28717 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.