ZIP 08872 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Middlesex County, New Jersey's ZIP 08872 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (21/100). institutional ownership (21/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.0% over the trailing year, and 30% higher over three years (phase confidence 43/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Median household income is $97,204, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 5.8%. The ZIP holds roughly 7,899 housing units. Around 34% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $447,200, an affordability ratio of 4.2×. Educational attainment sits at 36% bachelor's-or-above. 6.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 20,040 residents call 08872 home, typically aged 39. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Owners hold 59% of homes, renters 41%.

Overall, 08872 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.