ZIP 28741 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Macon County, North Carolina, ZIP 28741 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 64/100 against active distress of 9/100. Its standout signals are institutional ownership (66/100), structural risk (64/100), construction/permit lag (33/100). construction/permit lag (33/100) and mortgage stress (30/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

4,266 residents call 28741 home, typically aged 62. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $631,000 (8.7× income, severely stretched). There are about 6,096 housing units across 28741. Vacancy runs 62.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. At $68,874, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 49/100. The poverty rate is 8.2%.

Taken together, 28741 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.