ZIP 18018 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 18018 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) at a low 22/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (69/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (48/100), construction/permit lag (27/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100). Structural exposure scores 48 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 18018 posted values that rose 7.1% over the year, and 24% higher over three years, at 41/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 32,253 with a median age of 40. The typical home is worth about $250,900 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 4.0%. 54% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 14,586 housing units across 18018. Around 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 15.9%. At $71,968, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households.

On balance 18018 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.