ZIP 18017 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 18017's composite property-distress score is 22/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (50/100), construction/permit lag (41/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100). Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.7% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $88,946 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 17,092 housing units across 18017. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. 10.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. A median home runs $336,100 here, or 3.5 times local income. The vacancy rate is 2.4%. Owners hold 67% of homes, renters 33%. Educational attainment sits at 40% bachelor's-or-above. 40,463 residents call 18017 home, typically aged 45.

On balance, 18017 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Parcel-level detail for 18017 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 18017 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 18017 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Northampton County, Pennsylvania or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 18017 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

18017's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 18017 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.