ZIP 08079 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Salem County, New Jersey, ZIP 08079 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 53/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100)).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.2% year on year, and 22% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 58% of homes, renters 42%. A median home runs $196,700 here, or 3.0 times local income. Households earn a median $60,375 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 08079 scores 35/100. About 10,696 people live here, median age 41. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 17.1% — elevated. There are about 5,406 housing units across 08079. Roughly 19.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households.

On the whole, 08079 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 08079 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 08079 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 23/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 08079 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Salem County, New Jersey. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 08079, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 23/100 for 08079 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 08079 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.