ZIP 18042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Northampton County, Pennsylvania's ZIP 18042 registers 18/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (15/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100). The latent-versus-live split is 40/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 18042 posted values that rose 7.1% over the year, and 36% higher over three years (phase confidence 41/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $75,806, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 13.9%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $230,200 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 8.6%. 55% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 44,797 with a median age of 36. The ZIP holds roughly 17,974 housing units.

On balance 18042 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.