ZIP 08859 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Middlesex County, New Jersey's ZIP 08859 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (21/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (21/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 08859 posted values that rose 6.0% over the year, and 31% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

59% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 6.1% — low. Population is roughly 24,284 with a median age of 39. At $96,593, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $445,800 (4.2× income). Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 9,378 housing units across 08859. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 2.3%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100.

On balance 08859 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.