ZIP 15538 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Somerset County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 15538 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 48/100 against active distress of 3/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, at 32/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

751 residents call 15538 home, typically aged 51. Vacancy runs 43.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $175,000, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Owners hold 84% of homes, renters 16%. There are about 549 housing units across 15538. Median household income is $61,667, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 69% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. 10.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 15538 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.