ZIP 08879 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Middlesex County, New Jersey, ZIP 08879 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). Its standout signals are 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. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 31% higher over three years, at 43/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $389,800 here, or 3.9 times local income. Vacancy runs 5.3%. About 23,263 people live here, median age 41. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. There are about 9,876 housing units across 08879. About 32% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 08879 scores 32/100. Roughly 10.3% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 60% owner-occupied to 40% rented. Households earn a median $98,000 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 08879 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.