ZIP 16153 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 16153's composite property-distress score is 22/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Structural exposure scores 49 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (14/100). institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (74/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 2,303 with a median age of 40. Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 1,100 housing units across 16153. At $64,625, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $149,300 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. The poverty rate is 12.2%.

Taken together, 16153 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 16153 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 16153 runs hot or quiet, its 22/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 16153 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Mercer County, Pennsylvania or nationwide. Sparse data for 16153 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

16153's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 16153 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.