ZIP 07018 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 07018 in Essex County, New Jersey carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.0% over the trailing year, and 27% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

28,261 residents call 07018 home, typically aged 38. Home values center near $353,800, an affordability ratio of 5.3×. Owners hold 22% of homes, renters 78%. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 7.7%. 18.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 42/100. There are about 13,111 housing units across 07018. Median household income is $59,039, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households.

Overall, 07018 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.