ZIP 28753 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Madison County, North Carolina's ZIP 28753 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (93/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (69/100). mortgage stress (29/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 70/100 structural and 9/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100).

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 0.9% over the trailing year, and 5% higher over three years (phase confidence 49/100). Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

At $56,172, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 5,503 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $292,800 (4.4× income). 9,778 residents call 28753 home, typically aged 45. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 10.9%. The vacancy rate is 25.1% — elevated.

Taken together, 28753 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.