ZIP 28806 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 28806 (Buncombe County, North Carolina) lands at 39/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 87 and live distress 9 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (93/100), structural risk (87/100), institutional ownership (69/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (29/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100)).

The contraction-phase market in 28806 posted values that fell 0.9% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 49/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

Vacancy runs 20.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 14.0% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $359,200 here, or 5.6 times local income. About 45% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 57% owner-occupied to 43% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 28806 scores 39/100. There are about 22,031 housing units across 28806. Households earn a median $59,925 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 45,644 with a median age of 38. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households.

On the whole, 28806 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.