ZIP 18052 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 18052 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (50/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 54/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.1% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 41/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Home values center near $262,900, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Owners hold 62% of homes, renters 38%. 10.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 4.3%. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. 29,271 residents call 18052 home, typically aged 40. Educational attainment sits at 27% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 12,118 housing units across 18052. Median household income is $69,499, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Overall, 18052 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.