ZIP 28734 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28734 (Macon County, North Carolina) lands at 29/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 63/100 against active distress of 9/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (66/100), structural risk (63/100), mortgage stress (30/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (30/100) and construction/permit lag (29/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 28734 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 29,158 with a median age of 49. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. About 21% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 24.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $50,221 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $228,500 here, or 4.1 times local income. There are about 18,690 housing units across 28734. Roughly 15.2% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 28734 scores 34/100.

On the whole, 28734 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.