ZIP 16153 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 16153 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 38/100 against active distress of 2/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (38/100), construction/permit lag (18/100), institutional ownership (13/100). institutional ownership (13/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (74/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

2,303 residents call 16153 home, typically aged 40. Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 1,100 housing units across 16153. Median household income is $64,625, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $149,300, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. 12.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 16153 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.