Salem County, NJ: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Salem County, New Jersey sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. Coverage runs to 14 ZIPs across Salem County, a low 23/100 average. On bank and credit headwind, Salem County scores 66/100, a stressed reading. The county's ZIP scores run from 23 up to 25/100.

The expansion-phase county posted home values that rose 5.2% over twelve months, at 35/100 phase confidence. Despite the upswing, specific ZIPs still slip so the laggard ZIPs are the opening.

At +5.2% YoY (35/100 confidence), liquidity improves for clean exits where the scoring still flags pressure. An elevated 66/100 reading is a buyer tailwind: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Highest scores land in 08085 (25/100), 08343 (25/100), 08344 (25/100), 08001 (23/100), 08023 (23/100), 08038 (23/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Coverage extends to 08067, 08069, 08070, 08072, 08079, 08098, 08302, 08318 among others.

On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Salem County show home values averaging roughly $257,523, below the US, an owner-occupied share of 77%, a median age of 40.2, a 8.5% poverty rate, a 9% vacancy rate, incomes around $84,946. Numbers like these shape both the distress on offer and the exit velocity.

Salem County, New Jersey's 23/100 average over 14 ZIPs says the edge is selective acquisition where the ZIP scores point. Subscribers get each Salem County parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a parcel-level score plus bank exposure and liquidity read.

Whether Salem County, New Jersey carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Salem County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Salem County, New Jersey's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. Every figure traces to a public federal or county source — recorder and court records for foreclosure and liens, FHFA for the price cycle, FDIC for lender stress — and DLRadar leaves a signal blank rather than estimating where Salem County data is thin.

Drilling in, Salem County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 08085 (25/100), 08343 (25/100), 08344 (25/100), 08001 (23/100), 08023 (23/100), 08038 (23/100). DLRadar also scores 08067, 08069, 08070, 08072, 08079, 08098, 08302, 08318 across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Salem County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.