ZIP 18036 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 18036 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) at a low 25/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 57 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (57/100), construction/permit lag (55/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100).

The expansion-phase market in 18036 posted values that rose 6.5% over the year, and 21% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 14,625 with a median age of 49. Vacancy runs 3.4%. The typical home is worth about $416,200 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). At $124,211, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. There are about 6,149 housing units across 18036. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. Around 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 3.2% — low.

On balance 18036 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.