ZIP 18031 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 18031 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) at a low 24/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (49/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.2% over the trailing year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 42/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Median household income is $107,807, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 4,634 housing units. Around 16% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 9.2%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Home values center near $373,400, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 50% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. 4.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 12,031 residents call 18031 home, typically aged 40.

On balance, 18031 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.