ZIP 18032 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 18032 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 48 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (48/100), construction/permit lag (26/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (69/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.1% year on year, and 25% higher over three years, at 41/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $222,700 here, or 2.7 times local income. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. About 9,459 people live here, median age 40. Vacancy runs 3.6%. Roughly 7.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households. About 30% have a four-year degree. There are about 4,158 housing units across 18032. Households earn a median $79,700 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 18032 scores 28/100.

Overall 18032 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.