ZIP 28804 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Buncombe County, North Carolina, ZIP 28804 scores 39 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 87/100 against active distress of 9/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (93/100), structural risk (87/100), institutional ownership (69/100). mortgage stress (29/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100).

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 0.9% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years, at 49/100 phase confidence. Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

25,141 residents call 28804 home, typically aged 44. Vacancy runs 19.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. There are about 11,721 housing units across 28804. The poverty rate is 10.4%. The typical home is worth about $566,000 (6.6× income). Around 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. At $79,709, median income runs near typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 28804 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.