ZIP 08840 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Middlesex County, New Jersey's ZIP 08840 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. 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). The most distinctive pressure shows up in 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 37% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 17,934 people live here, median age 39. There are about 6,583 housing units across 08840. About 62% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $150,938 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Roughly 4.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. A median home runs $560,100 here, or 3.4 times local income. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 3.3%. On demographic stress specifically, 08840 scores 23/100.

Net-net, 08840 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.