ZIP 15853 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Elk County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 15853 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 56/100 against active distress of 7/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (53/100), construction/permit lag (51/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, at 33/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

6,330 residents call 15853 home, typically aged 46. Home values center near $109,400, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Median household income is $60,380, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 3,476 housing units across 15853. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Vacancy runs 20.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 11.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 15853 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.