ZIP 18071 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Carbon County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 18071 scores 20 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (51/100), structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100). The latent-versus-live split is 45/100 structural and 3/100 already moving.

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

Households earn a median $70,996 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 10.1% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $206,900 here, or 2.8 times local income. The vacancy rate is 4.5%. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. About 16% have a four-year degree. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. About 11,047 people live here, median age 48. On demographic stress specifically, 18071 scores 27/100. The ZIP holds roughly 5,318 housing units.

Net-net, 18071 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.