ZIP 18017 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Northampton County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 18017 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (15/100), mortgage stress (6/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 40/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.1% year on year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 41/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $88,946 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 17,092 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 18017 scores 28/100. Roughly 10.2% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $336,100 here, or 3.5 times local income. The vacancy rate is 2.4%. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. About 40% have a four-year degree. About 40,463 people live here, median age 45.

Overall 18017 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.