ZIP 18053 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 18053 scores 24 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Its standout signals are structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (50/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.1% year on year, and 42% higher over three years (phase confidence 41/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $83,750 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 18053 scores 26/100. Roughly 3.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 2,400 people live here, median age 43. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 938 housing units. About 25% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. A median home runs $303,100 here, or 3.5 times local income. The vacancy rate is 1.9%.

Overall 18053 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.