ZIP 07068 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 07068 in Essex County, New Jersey carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 55/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (20/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100).

The expansion-phase market in 07068 posted values that rose 6.0% over the year, and 23% higher over three years (phase confidence 43/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 2,513 housing units. The vacancy rate is 1.0%. The poverty rate is 2.3% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. Around 66% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 6,211 with a median age of 47. At $160,644, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $665,700 (4.0× income, relatively affordable).

On balance 07068 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.