ZIP 08079 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 08079 (Salem County, New Jersey) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 2/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (69/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 08079 posted values that rose 6.0% over the year, and 22% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

58% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $196,700 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). At $60,375, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. Population is roughly 10,696 with a median age of 41. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 17.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 5,406 housing units across 08079. The poverty rate is 19.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households.

On the whole, 08079 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.