ZIP 28771 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Graham County, North Carolina's ZIP 28771 registers 18/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (64/100), institutional ownership (48/100), structural risk (40/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (88/100). The latent-versus-live split is 40/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The vacancy rate is 32.7% — elevated. The poverty rate is 8.6%. The typical home is worth about $168,800 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 4,655 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $48,570, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 7,637 residents call 28771 home, typically aged 47. Around 18% of renters are cost-burdened. 81% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 28771 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.