ZIP 07043 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 07043 (Essex County, New Jersey) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (36/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 33% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 13,502 people live here, median age 41. A median home runs $975,200 here, or 3.8 times local income. Roughly 1.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. Vacancy runs 7.1%. On demographic stress specifically, 07043 scores 22/100. Households earn a median $250,001 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 4,577 housing units across 07043. About 85% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 07043 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.