ZIP 08837 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 08837 in Middlesex County, New Jersey carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (21/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (21/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 28% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 19,954 people live here, median age 36. There are about 7,783 housing units across 08837. Vacancy runs 4.1%. The tenure split is 50% owner-occupied to 50% rented. Households earn a median $107,948 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 08837 scores 29/100. A median home runs $437,900 here, or 4.0 times local income. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. About 52% have a four-year degree. Roughly 4.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

Net-net, 08837 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.